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“You’ve got the backlash against affirmative action without the affirmative action,” said Sunder Katwala, the director of British Future, a think tank focused on race and immigration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

There have been hunger strikes demanding farmers' rights, affirmative action, environmental protections, anti-corruption laws and the repeal of controversial security legislation.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

More fundamentally, nearly every smartphone function requires some affirmative permission somewhere along the way.

From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026

As she helps clients weigh the pros and cons of a hardship withdrawal, she said she draws on affirmative phrases such as “Let’s explore steps to secure your future.”

From MarketWatch ● May 1, 2026

By now I was biting away at the offending cuticle, but out of the corner of my eye I could see Call nodding his head vigorously, pumping up for a big affirmative statement.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

Most soiree veterans are accustomed to getting an influx of “yes” confirmations not long after the invites go out and another wave of affirmatives days before the party starts.

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2023

For the kids in the working-class families, the ratio was twelve affirmatives to seven prohibitions, and in the welfare families it was five affirmatives to eleven prohibitions.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 5, 2015

For the past year the British working classes have grown increasingly aware that they were getting two negatives where they wanted two affirmatives.

From Time Magazine Archive

None the less the press busied itself with the affirmatives of all these denials for many days.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Retrieval Squad roared military-type affirmatives, coaxing as many metallic noises from their weapons as possible.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer