positive
Usage
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The adjective positive implies emphatic certainty, which may even become overconfidence or dogmatism. Certain suggests that there are definite reasons that have freed one from doubt. Confident emphasizes the strength of the belief or the certainty of expectation felt. Sure, the simplest and most general term, expresses mere absence of doubt.
Example Sentences
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Predictably, positive views of the U.S. are declining in much of the world.
Investors hope positive results from an autogene vaccine trial for melanoma treatment can revive a stock once associated with Covid shots.
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Analysts remained broadly positive about the stock’s prospects ahead of Western Digital’s Innovation Day on Feb. 6.
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That could be a positive sign for critics who have long held that the Fed is too slow to act.
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Analysts remained broadly positive about the stock’s prospects ahead of Western Digital’s Innovation Day on Feb. 6.
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