subtract

Vinegar is firmly in the category of ingredients that are easier to add than subtract.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

If we subtract the dividend yield from the forward FCF yield, we can compare companies’ expected FCF “headroom.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

On the whiteboard are the words: subtract, difference, count back, regroup.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

But none of this should subtract from the bigger takeaway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

And if you subtract zero from zero, you still have zero.

From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie

“So every time the interest rates go up, it subtracts the amount of market-rate capital you’re able to attract for the deal, and it creates gaps that you have to go fill somewhere else.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

The deficit number Newsom presented Friday subtracts the $17.3 billion in cuts agreed to earlier from the $37.9-billion deficit estimate from January.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2024

Singleton said that if legislation subtracts from how he sees freedom and liberty, “then I’m there to stand in opposition to those things and push back.”

From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024

The floating ice climbs to an annual peak of more than 7 million square miles in September — but then subtracts an area nearly the size of Russia by the following February.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2023

Still, if one subtracts all the superstitious elements from the subject, there’s something appealing about the small residue that remains.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

Abbott subtracted a secret number from the carefully measured weights of some of the masses used in the experiment.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

But if you subtracted 1.5% a year for fund fees — which is what used to be normal — you’d end up with less than $17,500.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Bauermeister filed a brief a week ago arguing that the full amount of the settlement paid by Campbell Hall should be subtracted from any award the jury decides Scott must pay to Dylan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

The bureau also cited an increase in imports -- which are subtracted from GDP -- as a factor in Thursday's data.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

To get this variable, Colin took the two people’s average age and subtracted five.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

On aggregate, the money foreign investors have put into Indian markets in the past decade - after subtracting what they sold or withdrew - is nearing zero.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Counting gains in volatile equities when they go up while subtracting everyday operating costs isn’t analysis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Gross profit is revenue without subtracting the cost of production expenses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

The NAV represents the fair value of the underlying assets, calculated by subtracting the fund’s liabilities from its total assets and dividing the remainder by the number of outstanding shares.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 25, 2026

I considered myself lucky if, after subtracting lapses from new business, there remained fifteen dollars that I could call my own.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright