Example Sentences

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Her employer had deducted a couple of thousand dollars from her paycheck in early 2022 to put into her retirement account, but less than half that amount was transferred over.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

Everton must be absolutely delighted to get back four of the 10 points that they had deducted, and that sets them up nicely for this game.

From BBC • Feb. 29, 2024

The shock of the sudden loss—and it was a loss, even though it wasn’t as if the Millionaire producers had deducted $225,000 from my actual bank account—sent me into a depressive state.

From Slate • May 21, 2019

In 2013, three members of the household staff sued to recover back wages, claiming that Mercer had failed to pay overtime, as promised, and that he had deducted pay as punishment for poor work.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 17, 2017

These sums represented the company's indebtedness to them for their labor, after the company had deducted rent and other charges.

From History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times by Gustavus, Myers