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negative

[neg-uh-tiv] / ˈnɛg ə tɪv /


NOUN
contradiction
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"Tonight he erased any doubt of all the negative talk. I'm glad the fight went that way so he could demonstrate this quitting narrative is not right."

From BBC • May 10, 2026

The new HHS initiative rightly recognizes the harms of overprescription and the potential for negative side effects from long-term psychiatric medication in young people.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

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

"The truth of the matter is that it's very difficult to find something negative around this World Cup," Infantino told a business conference in Beverly Hills this week.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

A soft negative movement, left to right, and then her paw pushing something positive, like the small red ball she loved so much, across the table to me.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen




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