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negative

[neg-uh-tiv] / ˈnɛg ə tɪv /


NOUN
contradiction
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The more articles I publish, and the more publications that showcase my work, the deeper the old negative press gets pushed to the bottom.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

As the No. 1 on the show and an executive producer, how do you navigate fan response when it’s negative?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

While Wall Street was broadly negative, the Dow still mustered a gain to push it to a third straight record close.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

But if the index falls below the positive-gamma threshold and dealers return to negative gamma, selling could accelerate and erase a larger portion of the rally.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

The timing of these tests is important to the patients of Carville, because the clinical rules are clear: Residents may not leave until they receive twelve consecutive negative tests.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

That question is at the center of a new paper published in Nature Astronomy, where researchers examine the often-overlooked problem of "false negatives" in the search for extraterrestrial life.

From Science Daily Jun. 30, 2026

After consulting with experts and good governance groups, the commission agreed the benefits of bifurcation outweighed the negatives, and it passed unanimously by the commission.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2026

In an exclusive interview with BBC Sport, Di Maria says Van Gaal zeroed in on negatives in his game, never the positives, which led him to "hate" being at Old Trafford.

From BBC May 26, 2026

At times, he both flew the plane and took the pictures, only needing a helper to swap out the glass plate negatives.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

These two negatives do not equal a positive.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

Referring to Erskine May, Parliament's ancient and respected rule book, he said MPs should never be asked to vote again on the same proposition if they had already "negatived" it during the current Parliamentary session.

From BBC Mar. 19, 2019

With gentle but resolute firmness, His Majesty negatived this proposal, hailed a passing motorist who, overwhelmed, obeyed with alacrity a royal command that he convey Miss Betts to her residence in Uxbridge.

From Time Magazine Archive

Miss Bingley moved with alacrity to the pianoforte, and after a polite request that Elizabeth would lead the way, which the other as politely and more earnestly negatived, she seated herself.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

The motion had been negatived at that time, but the purpose had not been abandoned.

From The Life of Lyman Trumbull by White, Horace

In consequence of these shuffling contrivances against justice, this most serious inquiry was negatived, while every principle of right was set at open defiance, and the most honourable of the community privately insulted.

From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne

Surely, too, the accidental element may play its part in Nature without negativing design in the theists view.

From Evolution and Ethics by Huxley, Thomas Henry

Sir Hugh Allan published a sworn affidavit, negativing McMullen's charges, and McMullen himself had subsequently admitted that his charges had been hasty and inaccurate.

From The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 by Dent, John Charles

That is passing by this Convention altogether; it is negativing the States represented in it.

From A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 by Chittenden, L. E. (Lucius Eugene)

‘An early answer will oblige, as, in case of your negativing the proposal, inquiry must be made of other publishers.—I am, gentlemen, yours truly, ‘C. Brontë.’

From Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle by Shorter, Clement King

How long am I to have the office of merely negativing assertions which are but supported by former assertions, in which John is ever helping Tom, and the elephant stands upon the tortoise?

From Apologia pro Vita Sua by Newman, John Henry




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