subtract
verb (used with object)
to withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole.
had subtracted
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past perfectof subtract.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The plot in the paper seemed too neat, and the scientists did not explain how they had subtracted out background effects in the plot.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
The team members reported that a susceptibility signal emerged after they had subtracted a background signal, but they did not include raw data.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 26, 2022
Inventories had subtracted 1.6 percentage points from fourth-quarter GDP.
From Reuters ● Mar. 14, 2013
In the second quarter, state and local government added a tiny fraction to growth, but it had subtracted from GDP in five of the previous six quarters.
From Reuters ● Oct. 24, 2010
He was a man panoplied with the civil arts; his long career in camps and garrisons had subtracted nothing of social dexterity.
From The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories by Perceval Gibbon
