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Higher oil prices are negative terms-of-trade shock for net energy importers including Thailand, the Philippines and India.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

So instead, Raman is positioning herself as the anti-establishment candidate and seeking to capitalize on the strong negative opinions of Bass many Pratt voters hold, Raman campaign insiders say.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

The Rouen prosecutor's office earlier said the train driver had tested negative for drugs and alcohol.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

CEOs can’t take credit for the successes of A.I. while avoiding the negative externalities.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 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

It’s not necessarily only negatives driving yields higher.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

It includes an architectural model and original blueprints of the Integratron, as well as nearly 630 photographs, negatives and slides, more than 250 audio recordings, 8-millimeter film footage, books, publications and other records and ephemera.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

The main negatives are its manganese business, which posts a 3% miss on Ebitda, and Brazil Alumina, where Ebitda falls 33% short, the bank says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

"There were a handful of positives and negatives last week, but the main thing that let us down was that we created so many chances, but mistakes at crucial times cost us," said Erasmus.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

I got hope though, ’cause two negatives make a positive.

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones

Referring to Erskine May, Parliament's ancient and respected rule book, he said MPs should never be asked to vote again on the same proposition if they had already "negatived" it during the current Parliamentary session.

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2019

With gentle but resolute firmness, His Majesty negatived this proposal, hailed a passing motorist who, overwhelmed, obeyed with alacrity a royal command that he convey Miss Betts to her residence in Uxbridge.

From Time Magazine Archive

Miss Bingley moved with alacrity to the pianoforte, and after a polite request that Elizabeth would lead the way, which the other as politely and more earnestly negatived, she seated herself.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

"Not much!" negatived Big Denny, looking bigger than ever as he rose to the full magnitude of his final declaration--"as switch towerman for the Great Northern Railway at sixty dollars a month!"

From Ralph of the Roundhouse by Allen Chapman

Besides, to what end these trivial objections when good and evil alike are negatived?

From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Honor? de Balzac

‘An early answer will oblige, as, in case of your negativing the proposal, inquiry must be made of other publishers.—I am, gentlemen, yours truly, ‘C. Brontë.’

From Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle by Clement King Shorter

The old question, “Who shall stand in the Holy Place?” is not answered in the gospel by reducing the conditions, or negativing the old reply.

From The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Alexander Maclaren

This they proceeded to do, negativing absolutely my desire to accompany them.

From Gold by Stewart Edward White

The terms of the description should be noted, as completely negativing the notion that the fact in question was anything like compulsory abolition of the right of individual ownership.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts by Alexander Maclaren

Sir Hugh Allan published a sworn affidavit, negativing McMullen's charges, and McMullen himself had subsequently admitted that his charges had been hasty and inaccurate.

From The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 by John Charles Dent