SUBTRACTED (FROM) Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

subtracted (from)

verb

past tense of subtract (from)

as in cut down

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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

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Then beef stock and heavy cream are added, and the sauce is reduced heavily.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
By controlling how densely cancer-targeting proteins are displayed on the virus, the team developed vaccine particles that significantly reduced tumor development in mice.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of reduced

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In Iowa, for example, MercyOne Clinton Medical Center ended labor and delivery services earlier this year, citing decreased Medicaid funding as part of the reason.

— Rachel Cohen Booth, Vox, 30 Oct. 2026
Their systolic and diastolic blood pressure (which measures pressure when the heart relaxes) both decreased.

— Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of decreased

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The researchers modified a capsid protein called pVIII, attaching cancer antigens to its surface by incorporating the corresponding genetic instructions into the virus.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 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 modified

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As with many early American utopian communities, their ranks diminished after the Civil War, but a small band of Shakers has persisted at Sabbathday.

— Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Somewhat diminished in the film’s erratic attempts to contextualize this ever-metastasizing sickness is Odeh himself.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of diminished

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In some cases, producers slashed wholesale prices paid by importers in an effort to take on some of the cost associated with a tariff.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
With his tires slashed by Todd and cops en route, Fang selects a glossy red muscle car for his getaway.

— Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of slashed

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Some lamented the format—essentially a full-length rendition of the LP, nothing more; venues were downsized as excitement (and prurient interest in the album’s salacious subject matter) began to dull.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2026
John Krasinski and Emily Blunt appear to have downsized their Brooklyn Heights suite of apartments.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of downsized

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