affirmative
adjective
affirming or assenting; asserting the truth, validity, or fact of something.
affirmatively
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a word derived from
affirmative.
Example Sentences
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David Pope, a pharmacist who voted affirmatively for other peptides, voted “no” on this one, citing a complex regimen and “potentially dangerous downstream consequences.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The new office would have been responsible for working with industries, making investments and conducting strategic planning to affirmatively secure critical supply chains.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
Now, the court is saying this is an affirmatively permissible thing.
From Slate ● May 7, 2026
In a court hearing in San Francisco on Tuesday, a lawyer for Anthropic said the DoD had gone so far as to "affirmatively reach out to Anthropic customers, urging them to stop working with Anthropic".
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
“You must try not to think of them,” Major Danby advised affirmatively.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
