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How to use the word subtract in a Sentence?

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Disney came out against something that was really just about protecting young kids, and making sure that students are able to go to school learning to read, write, add, subtract, and not having a teacher tell them that they can change their gender, and I think most parents agree with that. But you know, that was only a mild annoyance. I think that what we came to realize after that dust settled on that was you clearly had a movement within the corporation itself. – Ron DeSantis	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Businesses must make a concerted effort to hire and promote women who may or may not be up to par with their male counterparts, in addition, the chemistry of having women in a masculine environment may reduce business cohesiveness and productivity from what it might have been otherwise( this is especially true of the military, although by no means limited to it). Needless to say all these things subtract from a team's effort to produce efficiently. – John Gibbs	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It's like trying to measure the tiny motion of a firefly next to a bright light bulb, we had to meticulously subtract the light of the nearby bright star to precisely measure the deflection of the faint source. – Kailash Sahu	Found on CNN 1 year ago
If we were to stop sending thermal coal to Asia tomorrow it would be replaced by something less efficient and would add to, not subtract from, global emissions. – Joel Fitzgibbon	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Overall, what is clear to us is that the impact, will be limited in the near-term, but much more significant in the medium-term, we expect this event and what it represents to subtract as much as 0.3 percent from growth next year compared to our pre-event baseline and expect Asian central banks to respond with another round of easing. – Vaninder Singh	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
You got to get to 50 - or pretty close to it - to win. And to get to 50 you have to add, not subtract, and so you can't start subtracting in a primary, and then you always have to keep your eye on the fact that while you're doing that you can't be subtracting for the general. – Jeb Bush	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Shale gas and shale oil have added around 0.5 percent to GDP per year in my model, and I think it will now subtract 0.5 to 1.0 percent as projects become unprofitable and credit in the sector tanks. – Steen Jakobsen	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I never add up. I only subtract from the total dying... . . . It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love that is put into them that matters. – Mother Teresa	added by anonymous 14 years ago
If you are truly serious about preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract -- teach him to deduct. – Fran Lebowitz	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Will your child learn to multiply before she learns to subtract – Children's Defense Fund	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Disney came out against something that was really just about protecting young kids, and making sure that students are able to go to school learning to read, write, add, subtract, and not having a teacher tell them that they can change their gender, and I think most parents agree with that. But you know, that was only a mild annoyance. I think that what we came to realize after that dust settled on that was you clearly had a movement within the corporation itself.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Businesses must make a concerted effort to hire and promote women who may or may not be up to par with their male counterparts, in addition, the chemistry of having women in a masculine environment may reduce business cohesiveness and productivity from what it might have been otherwise( this is especially true of the military, although by no means limited to it). Needless to say all these things subtract from a team's effort to produce efficiently.

– John Gibbs

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It's like trying to measure the tiny motion of a firefly next to a bright light bulb, we had to meticulously subtract the light of the nearby bright star to precisely measure the deflection of the faint source.

– Kailash Sahu

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If we were to stop sending thermal coal to Asia tomorrow it would be replaced by something less efficient and would add to, not subtract from, global emissions.

– Joel Fitzgibbon

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Overall, what is clear to us is that the impact, will be limited in the near-term, but much more significant in the medium-term, we expect this event and what it represents to subtract as much as 0.3 percent from growth next year compared to our pre-event baseline and expect Asian central banks to respond with another round of easing.

– Vaninder Singh

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

You got to get to 50 - or pretty close to it - to win. And to get to 50 you have to add, not subtract, and so you can't start subtracting in a primary, and then you always have to keep your eye on the fact that while you're doing that you can't be subtracting for the general.

– Jeb Bush

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Shale gas and shale oil have added around 0.5 percent to GDP per year in my model, and I think it will now subtract 0.5 to 1.0 percent as projects become unprofitable and credit in the sector tanks.

– Steen Jakobsen

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I never add up. I only subtract from the total dying... . . . It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.

– Mother Teresa

added by anonymous
14 years ago

If you are truly serious about preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract -- teach him to deduct.

– Fran Lebowitz

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Will your child learn to multiply before she learns to subtract

– Children's Defense Fund

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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