subtraction

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 antidote psychologists prescribe is mental subtraction: deliberately imagining life without what you take for granted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 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

So, in terms of stress, watching baby animals animals playing is the opposite of a surprise job interview or an on-the-spot subtraction task.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2025

When you have an infinity in an expression, or when you divide by zero, all the mathematical operations—even those as simple as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division—go out the window.

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

But in light of the Supreme Court’s decision, those subtractions make the case that much stronger.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2024

So given those additions and subtractions, what will Becki Ball look like?

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2024

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

From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2024

But additions and subtractions are being constantly made, and the atmosphere, as distinguished from the pure air, is mixed with exhalations from countless sources on the land and the sea.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 by Various