as in certainty
a state of mind in which one is free from doubt
I can't state with any positiveness that I know what really happened
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for positiveness
Noun
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If anything, this incident suggests that premature certainty may have extended beyond the officer involved to those who rushed to defend his actions.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026 -
This genetic certainty has made the disease especially devastating for families, which may watch the illness unfold in one generation while younger relatives live for years under the shadow of uncertainty about their own future.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Many CEOs assume that once a capable CFO is in place, financial confidence will follow.—
Melissa Houston,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Now the public appears to have lost confidence in Noem.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Chicago and Illinois, unfortunately, have been unable to offer such assurances.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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But probabilities are less sexy than proclamations, ambiguities less attractive than assurances—or so the rising number of storm-hyping accounts on social media seem to suggest.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Schlegel has an extensive criminal record and had an outstanding 2025 warrant for escape related to a previous human trafficking conviction, authorities said.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
28 Jan. 2026
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When CEOs treat financial advice as a substitute for judgment, leadership starts to erode, decisions slow down, and conviction weakens.—
Melissa Houston,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The index looks at factors like store locations, cleanliness, order pickup and food freshness to determine customer satisfaction.—
Annasofia Scheve,
San Antonio Express-News,
31 Jan. 2026
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The organization advocates for bell-to-bell bans that require phones to be stored out of reach, saying stricter rules can improve student and teacher satisfaction.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Positiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/positiveness. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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