subtracting

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Subtracting immigrants from the count would make California look more like the rest of the country but still with less than half the rate of increase.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2025

Subtracting evapotranspiration in fallow fields from total evapotranspiration yields the amount of water that crops are actually consuming.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

The payout amount itself is less than it first appears: Subtracting legal fees, it comes to roughly $47,000 per plaintiff.

From New York Times • May 9, 2023

Subtracting those cases out, he identified 81 total active-shooter incidents in places where citizens are legally allowed to carry weapons.

From Washington Times • Mar. 20, 2023

Subtracting the eighty dollars that she and Megan had spent on lemonade and cups, each girl had made a profit of sixty-four dollars.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies