SUBTRACTED Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

subtracted

verb

past tense of subtract

as in deducted

to take away (an amount or number) from a total if you subtract 10 from 23, you get 13 you can subtract the time you spent daydreaming from your total homework time

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Recent Examples of subtracted And about $1 billion of any sale would be subtracted to cover the Dodgers’ future commitments on deferred contracts. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026 Net income is what’s leftover after all of that is subtracted out. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026 Grüneisl said the 100 dinars is subtracted from the wage of migrant workers, not added as a separate benefit. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 12 Aug. 2026 When those other detections are subtracted from the total count, the geoneutrino signal from the mantle should be all that’s left. — James Dinneen, Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026 But New Delhi-Beijing tensions have subtracted rather than multiplied the economic gains. — Vasuki Shastry, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 If the easement benefits nearby property owned by the landowner or a relative, the additional value has to be subtracted from the deduction, Small said. — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 23 July 2026 At public institutions, the average amount that a student pays now after all the discounts and everything is subtracted is only about $2,300 according to the college board. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 20 July 2026 Also, if a player in the top-10 rounds does not sign, his pick’s value is subtracted from the team’s bonus pool total. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026

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The bungalow cost $100 a month, which was deducted from her MGM paycheck.

— Juliana Ukiomogbe, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026
But losses can only be deducted by filers who itemize and who kept a record of both winnings and losses, and the deduction is capped at whatever winnings were reported.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026

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Obviously, that’s a fair assumption if his ice time is meaningfully reduced, and the same goes for Draisaitl.

— Janson Duench, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
The development comes as the global shipping industry contends with attacks around the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, higher energy prices, and sharply reduced traffic through some of the world’s most important maritime chokepoints.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

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