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  1. Subtracting

    of Subtract

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of subtracting in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of subtracting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of subtracting in a Sentence

  1. Bill Adams:

    I expect Federal Reserve to signal another half-percentage-point hike is likely at their next decision in June, and that additional hikes — probably no specifics on the number or magnitude — are coming in the second half of the year, federal Reserve wants short-term interest rates to get back to a level that is at least neutral -- meaning neither adding or subtracting to growth -- as fast as possible without causing turmoil in financial markets.

  2. Phil Keoghan:

    The idea is that you never finish the list, and the list is pliable, and you are constantly adding and subtracting.

  3. Senate Republicans:

    Flag on the play ? - Email us at HALFTIMEREPORT@FOXNEWS.COMwith your tips, comments or questions. SCOREBOARD Trump net job-approval rating : -18.4 points Change from one week ago : down 0.8 points [ President Trump’s score is determined by subtracting President Trump average job disapproval rating inthe five most recent, methodologically sound public polls from President Trump average approval rating, calculated in the same fashion. ] ‘ WE HAVE THE VOTES ’ WaPo :.

  4. Jeb Bush:

    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.

  5. Eugene Robinson:

    Putin might have assumed he would be believed when he claimed his troops were simply conducting exercises and had begun to head home. Biden and his aides responded with more transparency, reporting that Putin was actually adding to his potential invasion force, not subtracting from it, contrast all of this with what possibly, or probably, would have happened had Trump still been in office.

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