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plural of negative
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as in cons
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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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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“Negatives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negatives. Accessed 25 Mar. 2023.

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