1
as in reduction
something that is or may be subtracted
contestants get a deduction from their scores for every incorrect guess
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2
as in subtraction
the act or an instance of taking away from a total
the deduction of the amount awarded to the plaintiff in order to pay the legal fees
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as in inference
an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning
his impressive deduction of the correct answer from only a few hints
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Recent Examples of deduction
Since 1979, all state leases with oil and gas companies prohibit deductions.
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Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 4 Aug. 2025
The vast majority of taxpayers now take the standard deduction of $31,500 for married couples or $15,750 for singles.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes a provision to raise the standard deduction for seniors aged 65 and over by up to $6,000 between 2025 and 2028.
—Jenna Sundel
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
This high-profile tax benefit for reducing taxable income is available for those who itemize deductions on their federal tax returns instead of using the standard deduction.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
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Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 4 Aug. 2025
The vast majority of taxpayers now take the standard deduction of $31,500 for married couples or $15,750 for singles.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes a provision to raise the standard deduction for seniors aged 65 and over by up to $6,000 between 2025 and 2028.
—Jenna Sundel
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
This high-profile tax benefit for reducing taxable income is available for those who itemize deductions on their federal tax returns instead of using the standard deduction.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deduction
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The franchise fee was introduced under Hernandez to help offset the financial strain caused by a prior reduction in the tax rate.—
Veronica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
28 Aug. 2025
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After six months, 54% of patients had a reduction in symptoms.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Companies like Charter and CNBC’s parent company, Comcast, have largely traded on residential broadband additions (or subtractions) for many years.—
Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
31 July 2025
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The core principle is subtraction: removing burdens that weigh reps down, freeing them to excel at human-centric selling while allowing revenue operations to focus on strategic optimization rather than data cleanup.—
Leslie Lee,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Address this with privacy resilience engineering—designing anonymization to prevent tomorrow’s inference attacks, ensuring privacy isn’t compromised by utility over time.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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This is another inference, but all evidence points to the fact that a lot of these organisms just don’t experience enough energy at a rate fast enough to ever appreciably undergo cell division.—
Laura Poppick,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Age is also a factor – some beaches give children or seniors discounts on admission prices, so those looking to qualify should bring their ID with them.—
Gordon Ebanks,
CNN Money,
30 Aug. 2025
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As its premium to NAV started to decline, so did this strategy and Rexford now trades at a 20% discount to NAV and a 5-6 turn AFFO discount to peers with its stock price down to $40 per share (prior to Elliott’s announcement) from a high of more than $80 in December 2021.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
30 Aug. 2025
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Russia's icebreaker fleet far outstrips that of any other military, an example of the country's determination to dominate the region.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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Gene has gone on to reference this moment from her first date as a symbol of Jerry’s determination.—
Avalon Hester,
People.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Six men on the U.S. team are locked in as automatic qualifiers, as of the conclusion of the BMW Championship: Scottie Scheffler, J.J. Spaun, Xander Schauffele, Russell Henley, Harris English and Bryson DeChambeau.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2025
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Arriving more than three years after the conclusion of its first season, Peacemaker season two finds the DC Universe itself in a very different place.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Deduction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deduction. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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