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negative

[neg-uh-tiv] / ˈnɛg ə tɪv /


NOUN
contradiction
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Goldman Sachs, in fact, noted Tuesday that the two-month correlation between U.S. stocks and 10-year Treasury yields was now the most negative since the late 1990s.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Treasury yield has taken a sharp turn into negative territory, in commentary shared with MarketWatch on Tuesday.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

Conditions related to heart and metabolic health, including hypertension and elevated body mass index, showed steeper negative associations with cognition among women.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

Jed Michael, a research economist at the IFS, said the current trend was concerning because "we know that unemployment early in one's career can have lasting negative consequences".

From BBC • May 19, 2026

It is the number that separates the positive numbers from the negative numbers.

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




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