negative
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And the government was so sure it was going to get a negative ruling that the it actually asked to withdraw the investigation before the ruling came down.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
Confidence among U.S. home builders improved in May but still remains in negative territory amid rising mortgage rates, elevated costs and economic uncertainty tied to the war in Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
The secret value needed to be large and negative for the experiment to align with expectations.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
Initial results in the outbreak were negative for Ebola virus, and more sophisticated laboratory tools were required to confirm Bundibugyo was involved.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
The Indian mathematician Bhaskara wrote in the twelfth century that “there is no square root of a negative number, for a negative number is not a square.”
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Tier 2 Words for the SBAC ELA Items
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