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plural of negative
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as in nos
a vote or decision against something in the absence of an unambiguous negative from the commander, we decided to continue on the mission

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as in opposites
something that is as different as possible from something else the desire to control another person is actually the negative of real love

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verb

present tense third-person singular of negative
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as in downs
to reject by or as if by a vote although the rebuttal was very eloquent, the jury negatived it in favor of the prosecution's argument we promptly negatived the idea of having pizza again for dinner, noting that we had already had it for three nights that week

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Recent Examples of negatives
Noun
The analysts recognize the negatives but said their checks of Adobe’s enterprise customers were positive. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025 Analysts like him would pore over positive duplicates of negatives, examining them under a micro-stereoscope to see sites in three dimensions. Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025 Fortunately, the negatives were stored far away in London. Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025 Therefore, there is cherry picking for negatives (like unemployment) to foster a desire for lower rates. John S. Tobey, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025 We're told that the film can be processed and the negatives can be scanned at most labs. New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025 Though some councilors plan to vote down the $1 billion data center because of the precedent to defer to Hart, others said the negatives of the Google data center outweigh the positives. Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 30 Aug. 2025 While athletes reported more stress and were more likely to drink alcohol, Turgeon concluded that the positives outweighed the negatives. Jedediah Blanton, The Conversation, 29 Aug. 2025 Renaldi captured them using eight-by-ten-inch negatives and an old-school view camera, with bellows, ground-glass screen, tripod, the works. Richard Renaldi, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for negatives
Noun
  • But the verbal sparring between Michaela Coel and Ian McKellen as characterological opposites who find tricky common ground, would make for smart entertainment in any medium.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
  • From there to here — and from here to there — these friends find opposites everywhere!
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • All in all, the advantages of focusing on improving internal data and infrastructure outweigh the disadvantages that come from relying on an external LLM—for now.
    Emily Acton, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Both China and the United States have advantages and disadvantages in this strategic competition.
    SADEK WAHBA, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In between questions about Nineties cultural touchstones like Friends, Space Jam, Beavis and Butthead, the Spice Girls, and Sir-Mix-A-Lot — during which Kravitz racks up a lot of points and Butler downs a lot of shots — the pair also discusses working on Caught Stealing.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Trump denies any involvement in the note.
    Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Cook, who denies any wrongdoing, is he first Black female Fed governor.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As a guy who is simply not built for summer (sweaty, burns easily, refuses to wear shorts), the turning of the calendar to September adds a little lead to my tread, with visions of cider and sweaters dancing in my head.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • And even though the military is short of manpower, the government refuses to draft ultra-orthodox men, whose religious political parties are key to the Netanyahu coalition.
    Ron Scherf, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Stroud’s tangible humility offsets his larger-than-life stature.
    Aaron Heisen, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2025
  • While the scientists union agreed to a leave program this year that offsets their employees’ salary increases, next year’s raises, which range between 3% and 5%, will not be negated by an additional leave program.
    William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The seeds of bombs planted by soldiers long gone remain dormant but alive just beneath the surface and yet the land rejects them every day.
    Michael Jerome Plunkett September 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Hermlin rejects that characterization.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This creates the potential for additional refund liabilities stretching into hundreds of billions more—a cascading series of fiscal obligations that Treasury markets would need to absorb over the coming years.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Today, Jason represents individuals and businesses in disputes with the IRS and state tax authorities, with a focus on high-stakes liabilities and strategic resolutions in complex cases.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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