subtracting (from)

present participle of subtract (from)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subtracting (from)
Verb
  • The government’s lawyers argued the ruling effectively guts a statute aimed at reducing gun violence by preventing unlawful drug users from wielding firearms.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The firm’s post-weave colorization system preserves the authentic look, feel, and durability of conventional denim while drastically reducing environmental impact.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That’s due to home price growth that is mostly flat or slightly declining because of decreasing demand and increasing supply, according to the National Association of Home Builders.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
  • This reflectivity is known as albedo, and Earth’s overall albedo has been decreasing for decades.
    Ryan Green, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The habitat-modifying keystone species play a vital role in the region’s ecosystem supporting the health and dispersal of wildlife and other native plants.
    John Leos, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The researchers plan to address the light sensitivity issue by modifying how the vitamin interacts with the electrolyte and by improving the engineering of the flow cell itself.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Windass struggled, the sight of the 31-year-old dropping so deep 10 minutes from time to take the ball off Max Cleworth inside his own half summing up how disjointed the visitors had become.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Many Reddit users chimed in to offer their perspective, with one commenter summing up the sentiment shared by many.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The style features an exaggerated fit that balloons out from the hip before tapering at the ankle, creating a sculptural, banana-like silhouette, according to British Vogue.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Many full-size van models also lack the necessary width for a transverse rear bed, tapering in toward the roof to cut width below what's necessary for a builder to install a transverse bed in the over-load floor space.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Additionally, the invading trees and shrubs also compete with prairie plants for light, water, and space, often pushing the grassland plants out of the way and diminishing the habitat options available to animals that depend on native plants.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Survey participants said reasons for the diminishing access included affordability, fears about not being taken seriously or the potential for involuntary hospitalization, the survey said.
    Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Raises aren’t even necessarily off the table at organizations that are downsizing, according to some experts.
    Cathy Bussewitz, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Goodwill Greater Milwaukee and Chicago is downsizing − which includes selling its headquarters.
    La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some of this slashing and burning can be explained by the old-fashioned small-government fanaticism of administration personnel like Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget.
    Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Insurers are slashing networks, hiking deductibles, and pulling out of entire counties.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Subtracting (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subtracting%20%28from%29. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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