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  • adjective Capable of being subtracted.

Etymologies

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subtract +‎ -able

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Examples

  • The last is as real as the first two, but surely there is something no less deathly in the stage just before that, when one is finally, no matter the degree of one's success or renown, merely an addable/subtractable element in a movie's package, and susceptible to replacement by another star whose box office profile is the only thing they share with you.

    Diaz, Roberts, Aniston: it's all the same when it comes to films like Bad Teacher 2011

  • The last is as real as the first two, but surely there is something no less deathly in the stage just before that, when one is finally, no matter the degree of one's success or renown, merely an addable/subtractable element in a movie's package, and susceptible to replacement by another star whose box office profile is the only thing they share with you.

    Diaz, Roberts, Aniston: it's all the same when it comes to films like Bad Teacher 2011

  • For example, if you have a world that has been built with a highly subtractable public resource, you could examine behavior to see if a tragedy of the commons does occur in regards to the use of the resource.

    Computational Social Science and the Problem With Hakkar’s Blood 2007

  • "You have got to have areas easily subtractable from the bid if the costs are coming in way too high," Perry said.

    Sand Mountain Reporter: News 2010

  • "You have got to have areas easily subtractable from the bid if the costs are coming in way too high," Perry said.

    Sand Mountain Reporter: News 2010

  • "You have got to have areas easily subtractable from the bid if the costs are coming in way too high," Perry said.

    Sand Mountain Reporter: News 2010

  • "You have got to have areas easily subtractable from the bid if the costs are coming in way too high," Perry said.

    Sand Mountain Reporter: News 2010

  • "You have got to have areas easily subtractable from the bid if the costs are coming in way too high," Perry said.

    Sand Mountain Reporter: News 2010

  • "You have got to have areas easily subtractable from the bid if the costs are coming in way too high," Perry said.

    Sand Mountain Reporter: News 2010

  • "You have got to have areas easily subtractable from the bid if the costs are coming in way too high," Perry said.

    Sand Mountain Reporter: News 2010

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