negatives

Example Sentences

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In an exclusive interview with BBC Sport, Di Maria says Van Gaal zeroed in on negatives in his game, never the positives, which led him to "hate" being at Old Trafford.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

For golf nerds, the Hagley Museum is a portal into the game’s past because it’s where Dallin eventually donated his vast collection of negatives.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

In policing, an AI system must balance false positives, where the system flags a threat that does not exist, and false negatives, where it fails to detect a real danger.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

In a note to clients late on Wednesday, Truist’s Will Stein listed Musk’s “HW3 capitulation” as one of the negatives coming out of the Tesla call.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

This was followed by a crazed string of negatives: “No! I won’t! I will not! You can’t make me! Uh-uh! Never! No!”

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart