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subtract

[suhb-trakt] / səbˈtrækt /


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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

If a company spends $50 billion this year to build and fill hyperscale AI data centers, it doesn’t subtract that money from earnings right away.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

If a company spends $50 billion this year to build and fill hyperscale AI data centers, it doesn’t subtract that money from earnings right away.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

True reasoning convinced me that I should wholly subtract all remnants of every kind of form if I wished to conceive the absolutely formless.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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