positive
Usage
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The adjective positive implies emphatic certainty, which may even become overconfidence or dogmatism. Certain suggests that there are definite reasons that have freed one from doubt. Confident emphasizes the strength of the belief or the certainty of expectation felt. Sure, the simplest and most general term, expresses mere absence of doubt.
Example Sentences
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Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi reported "a very positive and productive meeting", saying on X he believes the "momentum will help pave the way for further progress and lasting peace in the region".
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Houghton-Gilmour added the requests she sent out had created a swell of "misleading" positive noise on social media around the upcoming opening.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Still, Robinson had some positive takeaways from that portion of his career to share during a video he posted to Instagram on Monday announcing his retirement from the NFL after 11 seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
“As in the first quarter, growth was primarily driven by the positive development of exports,” said Ruth Brand, president of the Federal Statistical Office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Jackson did not go so far as to argue, as did southern apologists two or three generations later, that slavery was “a positive good.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Since the public rolls don’t include voters’ unique identifiers, people at the lab also knew linking them to HSI’s data would produce mismatches — what the staffer called an “ungodly” number of false positives.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
As to whether the positives of sports gambling outweigh the negatives, his conclusion that it depends on whom you ask is unsatisfying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
At 98% specificity, meaning the test produced few false positives, it identified about 63% of cancers across all stages.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Monga played 30 times last season and took "positives" from his time at King Power Stadium as the club "gave me the foundation and stepping stone" at the start of his career.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
It’s society that implants positives or negatives onto certain ideas.
From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper
Vocabulary lists containing positive
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