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negative

[neg-uh-tiv] / ˈnɛg ə tɪv /


NOUN
contradiction
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Last year, Comstock said she and her husband had a negative encounter at Griffith Park as they pushed their daughters around in strollers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Sentiment is negative among analysts in the cryptocurrency space, but the situation isn’t necessarily catastrophic, says Nigel Green of deVere Group in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

But what had been a positive narrative for Oracle has become a negative.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

"And I've never seen negative consequences of it".

From BBC • Jun. 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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