Example Sentences

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Trade has subtracted from gross domestic product growth for six straight quarters.

From Reuters • Mar. 8, 2022

But the expiration of emergency federal programs has subtracted from the nation’s overall income.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2021

Trade has subtracted from GDP growth for four straight quarters.

From Reuters • Oct. 5, 2021

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development estimates that the trade slowdown since 2012 has subtracted about half a percentage point a year from the overall growth rate in the developed world.

From Washington Times • Mar. 2, 2016

He has subtracted you from your body and your body from you, leaving apparently no remainder.

From Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile by Bangs, John Kendrick