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negative

[neg-uh-tiv] / ˈnɛg ə tɪv /


NOUN
contradiction
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From 2021 to 2024, when annual inflation averaged almost 5%, the figures were 13.47% and negative 5.35%.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

“India’s capital account balance has gone negative for the first time in 30 years,” notes Rajeeb Pramanik, senior emerging markets strategist at BCA Research.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

“The negative correlation between U.S. share prices and 10-year bond yields might not persist. However, for now, rising interest rates are quite negative for the equity market,” he said.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Yet as Euro 2024 progressed, Palmer being left sitting on the bench was viewed as an indicator of Southgate's negative approach.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

And here she shook her head in a negative manner, studying me the whole time.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen




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