negation
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The negation of LeBron James is not related to sports, rather it is a cultural stain.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2024
“It wasn’t a negation of color. It was an acceptance. Because black encompasses all colors.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2024
In a publication, to appear soon, it is argued that both the syntax of subordination and negation systems in Tonya show different patterns and thus diachronic development from the Çaykara variety.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 2, 2024
But the statement can be translated quickly if you know that “∧” stands for “and at the same time” and that “¬” is a negation.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 12, 2023
The answer is that negation is easy to understand when the proposition being negated is plausible or tempting.23 Compare the negations in these two columns: A whale is not a fish.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Both sides will set dates soon as to when negations will happen next week.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
"Naturally, when you are in contract negations, there is always going to be speculation and unless you hear it from me, that's what it is," Hamilton said.
From BBC ● May 25, 2023
As in his earlier work, Saunders’ relentlessly humane vision of life, always in comic search of our deepest negations of each other, is remarkably vivid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
He replaced Mohammed Abdel-Aty who oversaw years of technical negations with Ethiopia over its controversial dam on the Nile River’s main tributary.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 13, 2022
Like most advice on style that is couched as a commandment rather than an explanation, the flat directive to avoid negations is almost useless.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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