subtract (from)

verb

Definition of subtract (from)next
as in to cut down

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subtract (from)
  1. cut down
  2. reduce
  3. modify
  4. decrease
  5. moderate
  6. diminish
  7. lessen
  8. slash
Verb
  • If the war does indeed come to an end and oil keeps falling, Warsh might get breathing room for rate cuts down the line.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 16 June 2026
  • Courtesy of the Abu Haikal family Haikal said his family’s own homes have been targeted in settler attacks, including having stones thrown at their home, their crops destroyed, trees cut down and property stolen.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 16 June 2026
Definition of cut down
Verb
  • Others accused the governor of reducing the death penalty sentences to seek an advantage in the 2028 presidential election.
    — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Limiting electric boost primarily to these high-power phases reduces the amount of battery capacity—and battery weight—the aircraft must carry.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of reduce
Verb
  • Further, modifying the nanoparticle sizes, ligand chain lengths, or overall electrical charges allows full control over the resulting material.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The indictment describes another customer being told that their asylum story was too long and too personal and needed to be modified.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of modify
Verb
  • Arrange turkey pieces on rack, skin side up, and let sit at room temperature up to 2 hours to help decrease the cooking time.
    — Andy Baraghani, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Last but not least is Life Reset (around $18,000), which aims to decrease stress and rebalance the nervous system.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of decrease
Verb
  • Jon Ledecky, co-owner of the New York Islanders, will moderate the discussion.
    — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The keynote was moderated by Variety‘s Asia Editor Naman Ramachandran.
    — Mark Schilling, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of moderate
Verb
  • Except in the extreme, legislators are loath to devalue local autonomy while also prioritizing delivery of state aid to diminish local tax burdens.
    — David Bloomfield, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026
  • While rain chances will diminish, clouds will hang tough through much of the day, and northeast winds will pick up slightly to 5 to 10 mph.
    — Mary Wasson, Austin American Statesman, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of diminish
Verb
  • The cage-free adoption and medical facility was designed to maximize socialization and lessen any stress on the animals by eliminating confinement.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The goal is to both alert the driver to the danger and lessen the impact and damage as much as possible.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of lessen
Verb
  • The method is precise, but the effect is unruly, as if the chainsaws are really back there somewhere inside the speaker, about to slash through the cone.
    — Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Waste disposal alternatives ​Meanwhile, other labs across America are looking at alternative nuclear fuel recycling technologies to slash the radioactive waste storage from thousands of years to just hundreds.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of slash
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