negative
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She feared that her daughter – a young woman of marriageable age – would attract negative attention and face difficulties if she stayed single.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
For Netskope, there is no forward P/E because the company is expected by analysts to post negative combined earnings over the next 12 months.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
In an earnings call, CFO Asha Bakshani notes that hardware gross profit margins sunk to negative 70% over the last two quarters compared with its historical average loss of roughly 50%.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
What’s Next: Investors may be bracing for a bumpy Friday: The average S&P 500 return on a new chair’s first day is negative 0.29%, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Positive numbers, negative numbers, and zero all give you nonnegative squares, and those three possibilities cover the whole number line.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing negative
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