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“Our internal process has led to the company affirmatively referring nearly 100 wallets to the authorities,” Polymarket Chief Legal Officer Neal Kumar said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 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

The nomination essentially represents choosing the lesser of two concerns rather than an affirmatively strong selection.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Finally, the prosecution presented testimony from the victim, who, despite being coached through a rehearsal of her testimony outside the presence of the jury, could not affirmatively identify Joe Sullivan as the perpetrator.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson