negative
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But what had been a positive narrative for Oracle has become a negative.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
"Trying to take the positives out of a negative situation."
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Unassuming on its surface, that negative is at once a sophisticated industrial product and the source of nearly a century of dreams, joy, terror, fantasy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Either way, Stutzman said, “I expect we’re in for a very negative campaign.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
No number seems to solve the equation; plugging in –1, 3, –750, 235.23, or any other positive or negative number you could think of doesn’t yield the correct answer.
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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The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 3
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