Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subtracted (from)
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Nguyen said his office has avoided fee increases and kept costs low by automating administrative tasks and incorporating new technology such as an AI chatbot, which has significantly reduced call volume.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025 -
Researchers hypothesized that, along with the rest of her diet, this habit kept her gut microbiome resembling that of a much younger person and reduced her levels of inflammation.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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Production at the company’s mill grew 124 percent, but carbon emissions and electricity consumption decreased 18 percent, respectively.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
26 Sep. 2025
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These numbers have since decreased—only 16% live in poverty and 35% of Gen Z are considered low-income as of 2023—but these numbers are still notably higher than those of millennials, Gen Xers and baby boomers.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
26 Sep. 2025
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Still, it was modified for speed with larger throttle bodies, ported cylinder heads, two-into-two exhaust, race camshafts, and a higher compression ratio.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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Under local law, even inoperable or replica weapons are considered potentially operable if they can be modified to fire, placing them under the same strict legal framework.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Beneath her trenchcoat, Hadid wore a pair of indigo tapered jeans, coordinated with a white collared shirt for a quiet luxury aesthetic.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
25 Sep. 2025
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In a photo released by the company, a pair of the whales can be seen breaching the choppy surface, pointing their smooth, tapered heads into the air.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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So how the hell did that happen when cinematic box office is diminished generally?—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
2 Oct. 2025
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Cyber threats have not diminished, and CFOs are as vigilant as ever, Gallucci noted.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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The media and entertainment conglomerate's stock notched gains as Paramount Global slashed its workforce more than 3% this summer and made other moves to restructure its struggling broadcast business.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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If 2024 is any indication, coveted clothing and accessories from TikTok-popular brands will be majorly slashed in price (sometimes by as much as over 50 percent off).—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Lee Byung-hun stars as Man-soo, a middle-aged family man who gets downsized in a corporate merger at the film’s onset and spends the rest of the movie ever more desperate to maintain his former standard of comfort.—
Vulture Staff,
Vulture,
23 Sep. 2025
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The Yankees, Mets and Rockies are all in new stadiums, and the Blue Jays downsized their building last year.—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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The demand, even if lessened, will still warrant offering larger sizes, but some marquee names now want to farm out their plus-sized clothing to outside vendors instead of making their own label.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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For example, with credit card fraud detection, the cost for each undetected fraudulent transaction might be lessened if the bank has fraud insurance or if the bank's enforcement activities recoup some fraud losses downstream.—
Eric Siegel,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Subtracted (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subtracted%20%28from%29. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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