deduction
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This year, the company raised the biweekly payroll deduction for a single worker to $50, from $40.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Sheffield United is financially healthy, unlike under Prince Abdullah when the club incurred a points deduction for missing payments to football creditors.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Even with $15,000 in charitable giving, their deductions fall short of the standard deduction, so they take it and their giving produces no tax benefit.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Their standard deduction is $32,200 plus $1,650 per spouse for being over 65, so $35,500.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
That's when my own simple deduction is confirmed—because, on closer inspection, I can see Garrett’s bike behind a dead hedge near the front door.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Chelsea's recent punishment for breaching rules relating to payments to agents was not comparable to points deductions for Profitability and Sustainability Rules.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Even with $15,000 in charitable giving, their deductions fall short of the standard deduction, so they take it and their giving produces no tax benefit.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
It’s not just work, though, where these deductions are made.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Including deductions, the bank’s CET1 ratio, a measure of capital strength, decreased to 13.9% at June 30 from 14.2% a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The ideas about scientific theories outlined above assume we are rational beings who are free to observe the universe as we want and to draw logical deductions from what we see.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
Vocabulary lists containing deduction
Argumentative Writing
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