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negative

[neg-uh-tiv] / ˈnɛg ə tɪv /


NOUN
contradiction
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The calmness previously viewed as an asset became a negative.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

What makes this study different is that it directly examined whether walking more could help counteract the negative effects of sedentary behavior, using objective data from wearable devices.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

Any negative signal on that front would force the market to assume they may never reach true profitability.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

Those plans had overshadowed growth in the company’s Amazon Web Services cloud business and worried investors about whether Amazon would be the first AI hyperscaler to report negative free cash flow.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

It oscillates up and down faster and faster as it approaches the singularity, whipping from positive to negative and back again.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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