subtraction
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Though Sharpe wrote his article before the advent of AI, he stressed that his conclusion depends “only on the laws of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Nothing else is required.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 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
But there is a further subtraction for Irmaa, if your income exceeds certain thresholds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
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
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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
The law does not permit voluntary macerations of the body, capricious abstinences from lawful things, multiplied or prolonged fasts, or subtractions from what is necessary to life.
From A Guide for the Religious Instruction of Jewish Youth by Isaac Samuele Reggio
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