positive
Usage
What are other ways to say positive?
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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It’s hard to argue with the positive signs so far.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
For miners, the wider positive outlook is also underpinned by strong gold prices, with futures at $4,653.90 a troy ounce on safe-haven buying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Wall Street had provided a positive lead, with all three main indexes rising, though the gains were based entirely on the tech sector, which was the only one of 11 to advance.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
However, it is understood discussions between Atletico and Arsenal over a club-to-club agreement for Alvarez have been positive.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
“You can be positive and wrong on the sell side,” says Vinny.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Joao Pedro, in particular, impressed staff by giving more interviews than any other player during a season in which there were few positives to discuss.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Since the public rolls don’t include voters’ unique identifiers, people at the lab also knew linking them to HSI’s data would produce mismatches — what the staffer called an “ungodly” number of false positives.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
As to whether the positives of sports gambling outweigh the negatives, his conclusion that it depends on whom you ask is unsatisfying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
At 98% specificity, meaning the test produced few false positives, it identified about 63% of cancers across all stages.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Number one was okay since it was negatives and positives and those aren’t too bad.
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
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