negatives
Example Sentences
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It’s not necessarily only negatives driving yields higher.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 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
The negatives — how could there not be massive job loss?
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
It’s common to use but to mean “nothing but” or “only”—just be careful not to get tangled in negatives, since but in these cases already has a negative sense built in.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
