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negative

[neg-uh-tiv] / ˈnɛg ə tɪv /


NOUN
contradiction
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The potential negative impact of GLP-1 drugs on knee and hip replacements, on top of tariffs, has depressed the medical-devices sector this year.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Like an image emerging from an old photographic negative, the long-buried truth surfaces gradually.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Still, Cohen and his team at BofA Global Research see more upside to the dollar, noting that negative sentiment toward the greenback feels stretched.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Newspapers and legacy media also played their part in whipping up outrage by inviting comments on negative articles about politicians, Galpin added, which in turn created a norm in social media.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Positive numbers, negative numbers, and zero all give you nonnegative squares, and those three possibilities cover the whole number line.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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