negative
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Either way, Stutzman said, “I expect we’re in for a very negative campaign.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
But what had been a positive narrative for Oracle has become a negative.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
The rate of U.S. inflation is primed to top 4% for the first time in three years — and the negative repercussions are likely to be felt for the rest of the year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
One of the study's most notable findings was that the negative effects on attention appeared regardless of a person's overall diet quality.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
The Indian mathematician Bhaskara wrote in the twelfth century that “there is no square root of a negative number, for a negative number is not a square.”
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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