negative
Example Sentences
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Charm Offensive: Artificial-intelligence companies appear to be organizing around a simple message in the face of rising public anxiety about the negative potential effects of their world-changing technology: We come in peace.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
People are driven to "the really extreme negative ones… the ones that people say they had a traumatic experience, the ones where someone had a blood clot," she adds.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
“We are likely to see this turning negative in coming months.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
“It is an honor to be here among our people this evening. ... It’s a classic case of something that could have been very negative becoming very positive.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
“If you’ve found a species that’s almost gone to extinction,” says Axel, “then something’s gone terribly wrong...and you have to overwhelm that negative influence through action and science and learning. ”
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
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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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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