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negative

[neg-uh-tiv] / ˈnɛg ə tɪv /


NOUN
contradiction
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The analysis showed that higher levels of sea-level rise produced increasingly negative effects on mangrove carbon storage.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

That meant handheld cameras, flares, saturated colors, distortions, negative imagery and odd angles to reflect the growing sense of terror.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

The SPX and VIX charts remain positive, but some negative signals could be confirmed from a couple of the internal indicators.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

“Whereas if flows are nonexistent or negative, you know that it’s harder to keep a fund open on hope alone.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 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




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