deducted; deducting; deducts
Examples of deduct in a Sentence
You can deduct up to $500 for money given to charity.
after deducting taxes, what's left is your net pay for the week
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However, unlike a standard homeowners policy, these expenses can be deducted from your income.
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Liz Knueven, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
They’ve been deducted six points for a breach of Profit and Sustainability rules (PSR), leaving them above the Championship’s relegation zone on goal difference alone.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Loan payments are typically automatically deducted from your paycheck, which will mean less money to put toward other expenses, including payments on your new mortgage.
—Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 4 Feb. 2026
The Eaton Fire Survivors Network is urging Southern California Edison to provide up to $200,000 per household in temporary housing advances, to be deducted from final settlements.
—James Ward, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
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Liz Knueven, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
They’ve been deducted six points for a breach of Profit and Sustainability rules (PSR), leaving them above the Championship’s relegation zone on goal difference alone.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Loan payments are typically automatically deducted from your paycheck, which will mean less money to put toward other expenses, including payments on your new mortgage.
—Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 4 Feb. 2026
The Eaton Fire Survivors Network is urging Southern California Edison to provide up to $200,000 per household in temporary housing advances, to be deducted from final settlements.
—James Ward, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for deduct
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“Deduct.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deduct. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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deduct
transitive verb
de·duct
: to take away (an amount) from a total
specifically
: to take as a deduction
must be capitalized…rather than immediately deducted —D. Q. Posin
compare amortize
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