subtracting (from)

verb

present participle of subtract (from)
as in cutting down

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  1. reducing
  2. decreasing
  3. modifying
  4. summing up
  5. tapering
  6. diminishing
  7. downsizing
  8. slashing
Verb
  • Following numerous noise complaints, the town is requiring players to use a new noise-reducing ball that is far more expensive than a regular ball.
    — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • The company, which generated approximately $10 billion in revenue in 2025, is increasingly embedding AI across its equipment, digital platforms and dealer network to help farmers improve yields while reducing costs.
    — Peter High, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of reducing
Verb
  • The sterile male flies mated with fertile female flies, but the interactions didn’t produce offspring, decreasing the overall fly population.
    — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
  • The result is increasing structural lifespan and decreasing potentially massive costs during work disruption, repair, and replacement.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 July 2026
Definition of decreasing
Verb
  • Kim also accused the United States of enabling Japan’s military buildup by supplying Tomahawk missiles, modifying vessels for their operation and supporting the missile tests.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Kan highlights cautious optimism from new diagnostic blood tests and disease-modifying drugs, and stresses lifestyle changes as the most accessible path to brain health.
    — Sue Peschin, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of modifying
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  • Schwartz addressed this challenge by summing up their plight in an opening credits song.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026
  • That was the gist of my story (here) summing up the day, with quotes from Preller and others.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of summing up
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  • Along with the heavy-duty foundation raft, the tower consisted of a hollow concrete core running the complete height of the building, tapering from 35 ft (11 m) at the base to 22 ft (7 m) at the top, with a corresponding thinning of the core walls.
    — David Szondy August 01, New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Medicare would clarify how clinicians can be paid for the attentive work of tapering a patient off of a medication (which is already a part of routine clinical care).
    — Sunny Patel, STAT, 17 July 2026
Definition of tapering
Verb
  • Plants and animals keenly sense the diminishing light, which acts as a master biological clock that triggers changes such as migration, shifting hormone levels and winter coat growth.
    — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Without diminishing that aspect of music, Musical Bodies rightly situates as much meaning in the objects themselves.
    — Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of diminishing
Verb
  • Starting last year, Beckstoffer pulled out 800 acres of grapevines from Lake County’s volcanic soil and plans to continue its downsizing slowly throughout the rest of this year.
    — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026
  • Clayton will take over an office that Pulte has been downsizing.
    — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Definition of downsizing
Verb
  • The Post underwent a round of severe layoffs earlier this year, slashing a third of its workforce, ending its books coverage, and slimming down its metro and international staffs, among other cuts.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 31 July 2026
  • Amazon just put a variety of MacBooks on sale, slashing up to $500 off the most expensive MacBook Pro configurations.
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 29 July 2026
Definition of slashing
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