negative
Example Sentences
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Critics’ reviews of the film, however, were largely negative.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026
The average amount a borrower with negative equity carries on a vehicle has jumped more than 40% since 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
"Agave worms are still fairly common, but the impact of mezcal becoming popular can have long-term negative effects on local populations because they are harvested in the wild," Kawahara said.
From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026
He advises "doing some breathing exercises, just to calm down and get into the performance state" in order to change from a negative to a positive state quickly.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
Just as Indian mathematicians accepted zero while Europeans rejected it for centuries, the East embraced negative numbers while the West tried to ignore them.
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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