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negative

[neg-uh-tiv] / ˈnɛg ə tɪv /


NOUN
contradiction
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Starting with the 195 components of the S&P 500 that have declined at least 5% this year, we removed two companies for which consensus 12-month EPS estimates were negative as of Dec. 31.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

Meanwhile, sentiment among the company’s staffers is at its most negative level on record, according to an analysis of posts by the anonymous workplace site Blind.

From The Wall Street Journal • 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

Still, I knew there were things beyond anything I understood, and I was not completely negative.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen




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