subtract
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The Power Four — the Big Ten, SEC, Big 12 and ACC — plus the Big East comprise 79 schools and continue to add rather than subtract.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
You could, however, add to or subtract from this list to build your own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
To calculate it yourself, start with a financial report line item called cash from operations, and then fully subtract capex.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
This year, individuals can use the deduction to subtract $16,100 from their taxable income; for married couples, it’s $32,200.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 12, 2026
“Yes, I can add, and subtract and multiply and divide. Cain’t do much more than that, though. You need somebody to do more math than that back there sorting out the celery and the onions?”
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
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To settle the transfer, the U.S. bank subtracts the funds from Bank A's balance and adds them to Bank B's.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 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
Terence Nicholson, the former manager of the gallery and a martial-arts adept, subtracts the pop-culture element with a shadowy video of real kung fu moves.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2023
This calculator subtracts potential scholarships and grants you might receive and gives you the amount you’ll need to pay.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 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
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Meanwhile longtime holdings like Fannie Mae and Universal Music Group subtracted from his performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The first measurement is subtracted from the second.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
For instance, when you tap or swipe your card at a restaurant, the entire bottom line—including state and local taxes and gratuity—is subtracted from your card’s credit limit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
For starters, some 30,000 jobs were subtracted from the February employment report because of nurses’ strikes.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 2026
To get this variable, Colin took the two people’s average age and subtracted five.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
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The net score is created by taking the total number of VAR interventions in a club's favour, and subtracting those that have gone against them.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
That is similar to a 206,000-barrel daily increase announced in March and April, subtracting the portion allotted to the UAE.
From Barron's ● May 3, 2026
Start by subtracting your guaranteed income sources, such as your wife’s pension, from your projected expenses.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 17, 2026
At the same time, more types of companies are adding jobs rather than subtracting them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025
First Momma started writing in a notebook and adding things up and subtracting things, then Dad and Joey and Rufus and me started driving all over Flint buying things for the Brown Bomber.
From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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Number and Operations: Fractions
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