negatives

Example Sentences

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She felt the positives were outweighed by the negatives.

From BBC • May 25, 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

In a note to clients late on Wednesday, Truist’s Will Stein listed Musk’s “HW3 capitulation” as one of the negatives coming out of the Tesla call.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

Reputedly, he destroyed hundreds of his own negatives, and the celluloid was melted down -- and some of it used as raw material to make soldiers' boots during World War I.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

He said a quick prayer and gently unfurled the negatives from the roll of film he’d shot over the weekend.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai