affirmatives
- plural of affirmative.
Example Sentences
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Most soiree veterans are accustomed to getting an influx of “yes” confirmations not long after the invites go out and another wave of affirmatives days before the party starts.
From Salon • Nov. 22, 2023
For the kids in the working-class families, the ratio was twelve affirmatives to seven prohibitions, and in the welfare families it was five affirmatives to eleven prohibitions.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 5, 2015
None the less the press busied itself with the affirmatives of all these denials for many days.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the past year the British working classes have grown increasingly aware that they were getting two negatives where they wanted two affirmatives.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Retrieval Squad roared military-type affirmatives, coaxing as many metallic noises from their weapons as possible.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
