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subtraction

[suhb-trak-shuhn] / səbˈtræk ʃən /


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Researchers say the assessments focus on what’s known as early number sense: a child’s ability to count sets of objects, and grasp basic addition and subtraction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

The new revision was "primarily reflecting a downward revision to imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, that was partly offset by a downward revision to consumer spending," the department said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

The hardware would only need to perform simple addition and subtraction, which would drive energy consumption and latency down even further, according to Hassibi.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

“Marketplace is undergoing a rationalization, addition by subtraction, as we reduce our exposure while the risk pool stabilizes,” Zubretsky said, according to a FactSet transcript.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2025

I mean, I was only in 2nd grade, and we were still learning addition and subtraction.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

For the Ducks to match that, their summer additions will have to add up to more than the subtractions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

But you know, additions are just as important as subtractions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

Norm Eisen, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a legal analyst at CNN, said “the subtractions stand out more than the additions” in Smith’s latest filing.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2024

Solving arithmetic problems, even simple subtractions, involves mental representations whose influence remains to be clarified.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2024

A 'clearing system,' which really included everything, made these numberless debit and credit operations possible with scarcely any employment of actual money, but simply by additions to and subtractions from the accounts in the books.

From Freeland A Social Anticipation by Theodor Hertzka




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