SUBTRACTS (FROM) Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

subtracts (from)

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present tense third-person singular of subtract (from)

as in cuts down

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Cooking decreases some of the sugars in corn, such as glucose, fructose, and maltose.

— Amy Brownstein, Verywell Health, 3 Sep. 2026
Traffic on Guanella Pass also decreases significantly Monday through Thursday compared to weekends, Fulton said.

— Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of decreases

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Where appropriate, allowing patients to schedule routine appointments also reduces unnecessary back-and-forth with the practice.

— Ajay Prasad, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Rather than mine the archive wholesale, Icons reduces recognizable Borgo signatures to their foundations, preserving the rigor while shifting their expression.

— Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of reduces

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An agent that calls the wrong API or modifies the wrong record creates consequences a hallucinated sentence simply cannot.

— Hemant Kashyap, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
So the team fed AlphaFold versions of a target DNA sequence, along with a guide RNA, the Cas9 sequence, and an enzyme that chemically modifies bases and can stick to Cas9.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026

Definition of modifies

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Its higher rise is complemented by a full leg that tapers slightly below the knee.

— Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2026
Men’s styles include the 501 Loose and the Baggy Barrel, a roomy silhouette that tapers at the ankle and has waist adjusters for a customizable fit.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of tapers

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Guatemala became the third Latin American government to declare a state of emergency to combat gang violence, as the region retrenches around security.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 21 Jan. 2026
If the United States further retrenches from Colombia, Beijing will seek to deepen its influence.

— KEVIN WHITAKER, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2025

Definition of retrenches

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As cells are lost, the brain tissue in these regions shrinks.

— Claudia Metzler-Baddeley, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2026
Aware of them now, the dog shakes loose the can—his forelock matted, his jowl smeared with beans—and shrinks into the trees with a whimper that makes something tighten in Molly’s own chest.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026

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