Example Sentences

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She felt the positives were outweighed by the negatives.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

The Yale prints were made from the remaining negatives in the 1990s by Gerd Sander, August Sander’s grandson, and are based on vintage prints and the artist’s notes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Social media means that there’s no intermediary, and there are positives and negatives to that scenario.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

In a note to clients late on Wednesday, Truist’s Will Stein listed Musk’s “HW3 capitulation” as one of the negatives coming out of the Tesla call.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

Some similar words without opposite versions may look like negatives, but they aren’t.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner