negative
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Gross returns in its direct-lending business were negative 0.44% in the first quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Let me just be as negative as possible, as fatalistic in the horrible direction everything’s gonna go, and that all worked out.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
One teacher wrote: "The NEA is having a serious negative effect on my mental health. I have now started looking for work outside of education despite loving what I do."
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
Nobile warned that the war's "negative effects will be more visible" in the second quarter of the year.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
Descartes thought that these numbers were even worse than negative numbers; he came up with a scornful name for the square roots of negatives: imaginary numbers.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing negative
Tier 2 Words for the SBAC ELA Items
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The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 3
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