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One way round persuading a player to renew would be to offer a significant financial incentive to re-sign to negate the risk of relegation.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Parekh says she’s never seen that happen, partly because companies understand the cost of finding and onboarding a cheaper replacement might negate any salary savings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Unlike most of Schoenbrun’s diehard fans seem to think, a difference of opinion about art doesn’t negate either person’s feelings.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

On the next play, Jefferson threw the ball into the chest of a receiver at the one-yard line, only for another holding penalty to negate the play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

“Tell him he’s wrong. War doesn’t negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.”

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

But to say that no filmmakers are working in mainstream, high-flying, big-budget action with real artistic value negates the principle of filmmaking as an art form.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

“Rewashing that product at home and rehandling that product basically negates every step that has already been taken on that product with the washing and antimicrobial interventions,” said Chaves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Borrowers should avoid asking for an increase if they plan to spend frivolously with the extended line of credit, however, because that negates any attempt to improve their credit-utilization ratio.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

A tactic that negates numerical overloads is man-to-man marking across the pitch - and it is one Grimsby employed.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2025

Pushing the not next to the phrase it negates eliminates the scope ambiguity.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Years before “Barbie” stormed movie houses, Elle was the subversive answer to whether a woman’s love of makeup, pastel colors, skirts and heels negated her feminism.

From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026

Balogun appeared to double the lead coming out of the hydration break midway through the opening half, but the goal was negated by an offside call.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026

The breakout also negated a bearish evening star, marked by a doji candle on March 26.

From Barron's ● Apr. 20, 2026

“But further attacks on vessels and warnings that the Strait of Hormuz would effectively remain closed negated any positive impact.”

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 13, 2026

The very act of trying to put it all down has confused me and negated some of the anger and some of the bitterness.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Car buyers used to be able to travel to a factory and pick up a vehicle directly from a manufacturer, negating the shipping costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

This approach should not be confused with toxic positivity, which is when people only look for the positive while negating any negative emotions.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2025

Rather than directly address vehicle size, they tout emergent technologies, like pedestrian automatic emergency braking, that can theoretically avoid crashes entirely, negating the risk that hulking vehicles present in a collision.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2024

The visitors showed signs of negating England's blitz defence in the first half before pouring through at the start of the second for Lowe's first try with Henry Slade slightly out of position.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2024

I apologize for the double negative, but it’s a real double negative of a situation, a bind from which negating the negation is truly the only escape.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green