How to Use subtractive in a Sentence

subtractive

adjective

• By their subtractive nature, such designs are already light on the wrist.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 24 June 2021
• Lovins’s subtractive insights were not destined for his house alone.
  — Leidy Klotz, Scientific American, 12 May 2022
• Just as there are three primary additive and subtractive colors, there are three charges and anti-charges for the strong forces.
  — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
• Humility is key as is a subtractive way of doing things.
  — Dr Geraint Evans, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
• Note that subtractive changes would, on balance, better satisfy the instructions to save on costs.
  — Leidy Klotz, Scientific American, 12 May 2022
• Makeup never can be subtractive, though it can be implied with shadow.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2019
• Mills use a subtractive method, starting with a block of solid materials like Crowninshield's blanks and removing all the parts that are not needed.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 20 Feb. 2017
• When subjects were explicitly told that removing bricks was free and had no effect on their pay, the share opting for the subtractive solution rose to only 60 percent.
  — Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2021
• The astonishing textures Wyeth obtained were as often subtractive (the result of scraping back into the paint) as additive.
  — Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022
• But the risk is that this combination of exacting precision and stark moralism can be subtractive rather than additive.
  — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, 26 June 2019
• That's partially because subtractive colors reflect some wavelengths of light and absorb others.
  — Adam Rogers, Wired, 29 Apr. 2021
• But many of the colors that human beings can see emitting them as light, not reflected, not subtractive pigments, but an admissive surface, showed this picture of a dress that became the super unusual thing, which is a bi-modal color illusion.
  — Wired Staff, Wired, 28 May 2021
• So far, there are two main diet approaches for people with psoriasis: additive diets and subtractive diets.
  — Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF, 29 Nov. 2021
• The additive/subtractive decision-making strategy is also at play when companies search for a new manager.
  — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2021
• The unusual tools were born out of the designer’s interest in new means of making, specifically ones involving additive techniques, like those used in 3D printing, as opposed to traditional subtractive methods.
  — Kyle Vanhemert, WIRED, 25 June 2013
• Unlike additive manufacturing, which builds up material layer by layer, subtractive manufacturing allows users to place their material (wood, leather, acrylic, stone, etc.) into the machine and carve out or engrave the product using laser light.
  — Andrea Leinfelder, Houston Chronicle, 20 June 2019
• Considering subtractive options has the potential to improve morale and productivity, simplify issues and increase the company’s bottom line.
  — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2021
• Scientists at the University of Virginia conducted eight experiments in which participants could choose an additive or a subtractive strategy.
  — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2021
• Those processes are collectively referred to as subtractive manufacturing.
  — Pam Baker, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2018

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