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
But in an Akan language, the notion that an object could exist as a bare substrate, stripped of properties—say, the idea of a stone, with its weight, texture, and color subtracted—is basically unintelligible; the metaphysical split between a thing and its properties isn’t naturally expressible.
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Lula Konner, The New York Review of Books, 4 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
Lula Konner, The New York Review of Books, 4 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subtracted
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Retirees will run into higher costs for Medicare Part B premiums, which are deducted from Social Security checks.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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Those monthly premium payments are typically deducted directly from Social Security checks, and therefore affect how much of the cost-of-living adjustment beneficiaries may see.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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At 40 of the country’s busiest airports, flights coming and going will be reduced by 10% this week.—
The Kim Komando Show,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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For a family of three, the benefit would be reduced by $275.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
7 Nov. 2025
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