negatives

Example Sentences

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After consulting with experts and good governance groups, the commission agreed the benefits of bifurcation outweighed the negatives, and it passed unanimously by the commission.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

She felt the positives were outweighed by the negatives.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Dallin’s vast collection of negatives, housed at the Hagley Museum, remains an invaluable resource for golf course architects.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

In policing, an AI system must balance false positives, where the system flags a threat that does not exist, and false negatives, where it fails to detect a real danger.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

If you get eleven negatives and one positive, the requirement resets back to square one.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly