negative
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A positive return is good news, but they still found that 47% of sales in their repeat-sale universe had negative returns, and 25% didn’t sell.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
Those plans had overshadowed growth in the company’s Amazon Web Services cloud business and worried investors about whether Amazon would be the first AI hyperscaler to report negative free cash flow.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
However, the stock’s market-beating gains so far this year and short-term negative narratives around the company could temporarily limit performance, the analysts add.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Despite all the challenges and negative findings, the survey did interestingly find that a majority, albeit slim, of residents still found themselves generally optimistic about their economic future in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Morgan Stanley, which had been, by far, the most reluctant to acknowledge negative news in subprime, now called to say it would like to buy whatever he had “in any size.”
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing negative
Tier 2 Words for the SBAC ELA Items
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