subtracted
Example Sentences
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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
Net exports subtracted a point from GDP, which is a statistical wash since imports flow into consumer spending and investment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Piper Sandler’s analysts estimated that rising earnings contributed about 18.5 percentage points to that return, while a shrinking price-to-earnings multiple subtracted nearly 8 percentage points.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Abbott secretly subtracted a hidden value from measurements involving some of the experimental masses.
From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026
There were long lines of figures, added, divided, and subtracted, and little drawings.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
