subtraction

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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

Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, also decreased.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 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

As I spent an embarrassing length of time trying to force my brain to perform subtraction, all I could think was that I wanted to flee the increasingly stuffy room.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2025

Toby had put parentheses after exponents when explaining PEMDAS, even though the order was literally parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman