as in deducted
to take away (an amount or number) from a total
if you subtract 10 from 23, you get 13 you can subtract the time you spent daydreaming from your total homework time
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Recent Examples of subtracted
Typically, the report is released on the first Friday of the month and includes information about how many jobs were added or subtracted from each industry.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
To isolate the jet, the researchers carefully subtracted starlight, dust and background galaxies, leaving behind the most detailed infrared portrait of M87's outflow ever assembled, according to a paper the team published last week in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Politics, however, can’t be subtracted from this equation.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2025
For every second over 45 seconds, a thousand dollars would be subtracted.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025
The business survey provides data on pay, hours worked and the number of jobs the US economy added or subtracted.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Under the definition of GDP, exports are added, and imports are subtracted from the total because the former are considered a product of the national economy, and the latter are expenditures that aren’t domestic products.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Additionally, there is still both orbital and spin angular momentum for the electron and proton, and the energy associated with that angular momentum cannot be subtracted away.
—Big Think, 22 Aug. 2025
That could make things exceedingly difficult for this suddenly inexperienced Oregon squad, which also subtracted plenty of key pieces on the defensive side of the ball, as well.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Brittney Melton, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
To isolate the jet, the researchers carefully subtracted starlight, dust and background galaxies, leaving behind the most detailed infrared portrait of M87's outflow ever assembled, according to a paper the team published last week in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Politics, however, can’t be subtracted from this equation.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2025
For every second over 45 seconds, a thousand dollars would be subtracted.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025
The business survey provides data on pay, hours worked and the number of jobs the US economy added or subtracted.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Under the definition of GDP, exports are added, and imports are subtracted from the total because the former are considered a product of the national economy, and the latter are expenditures that aren’t domestic products.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Additionally, there is still both orbital and spin angular momentum for the electron and proton, and the energy associated with that angular momentum cannot be subtracted away.
—Big Think, 22 Aug. 2025
That could make things exceedingly difficult for this suddenly inexperienced Oregon squad, which also subtracted plenty of key pieces on the defensive side of the ball, as well.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subtracted
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If a customer has no option to disregard or modify the charge, it cannot be deducted from the employee’s income.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
29 Sep. 2025
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For its entry-level healthcare package, Amazon employees will see $5 per week deducted from their pay; the company also said that, for standard visits, employees will pay a $5 copay.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
18 Sep. 2025
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In return, the US has reduced tariffs on Japanese goods, including cars, to a baseline of 15%.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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All spending was re-evaluated, vendor contracts renegotiated, staffing reduced and space consolidated to save maintenance costs.—
Jan Goldsmith,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Subtracted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subtracted. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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