negative
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Ten-year yields are just starting to roll over as daily momentum flips negative.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
In Table 6 on page 17, you will see that the CBO expected the national “debt” to be negative 40.8% of gross domestic product by 2020 and negative 49.5% by 2030.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
The downward revision includes a negative impact of between 5 and 6 cents a share due to winter weather in January and spikes in the cost of fuel, the company said Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Despite all the challenges and negative findings, the survey did interestingly find that a majority, albeit slim, of residents still found themselves generally optimistic about their economic future in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
The negative aspect is that it means that all intervals except for octaves are slightly out of tune with regard to the actual harmonic series.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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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