subtract
Example Sentences
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Earnings accounting doesn’t subtract capex when the money is actually spent.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
To calculate it yourself, start with a financial report line item called cash from operations, and then fully subtract capex.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
There’s no one-size-fits-all approach, but the rule of 120 stipulates that you can subtract your age from 120 to give you an approximate weighting in equities that would match your age.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026
Giving the carry to the trust thus won’t subtract much from the person’s lifetime gift-tax exemption.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025
Without a positional notation system, arithmetic is tedious and hard, as schoolchildren learn when teachers force them to multiply or subtract with Roman numerals.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing subtract
Number and Operations: Fractions
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Operations and Algebraic Thinking
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Measurement and Data
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