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negative

[neg-uh-tiv] / ˈnɛg ə tɪv /


NOUN
contradiction
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The low, during the dot-com stock bubble, was negative.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

"It is an inherent feature of screening programmes that false negative results will occur and some of these will be attributable to human error," he said.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

You still wouldn’t find anything like them on Airbnb; the floors are entirely seamless—no cracks for a virus to hide in—and the air is continually swapped out using negative pressure systems.

From Slate • May 14, 2026

Meanwhile, Germany revenue fell 8.6% due to temporary negative pressures impacting mobile service revenues and weak German market handset trends, it added.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Dr. Estrada helped me see that these negative thoughts were nothing more than that.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day




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