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negative

[neg-uh-tiv] / ˈnɛg ə tɪv /


NOUN
contradiction
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So, the career-killing telework phenomenon Grede warned us about in her memoir doesn’t seem to have as much of a negative labor market impact for moms as the media would have us believe.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

Two Singapore residents who had been on the ship tested negative for the disease but would remain in quarantine, the city state's authorities said Friday.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

One of these people has developed mild symptoms, but the initial round of diagnostic tests were negative as of Friday, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Instead, it appears to help activate a negative feedback signal in mechanosensory neurons.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

As late as the seventeenth century, Descartes refused to accept negative numbers as roots of equations.

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




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