negative

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This gap—plus continued negative headlines about private credit—could lead to even bigger outflow requests from private funds in the coming quarters.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

A WSJ poll projects that consumer price growth held at 1.3% on the year last month, while producer prices finally swung back into the green after more than three years in negative territory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Much of the frying process occurs under negative pressure, which increases the tendency for oil to be pulled into the food.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026

If a person has a hard time cancelling a subscription, they form a negative association with the process, not a positive mentality about the prospect of saving money.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 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