How to Use affirmative in a Sentence

affirmative

adjective
Definition of affirmativenext
Synonyms for affirmativenext
  • She gave an affirmative answer, not a negative answer.
  • For the better part of the past decade, the Warriors have answered in the affirmative.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The packed courtroom seemed to answer in the affirmative to that one.
    — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Nov. 2022
  • In Wendell, a small town in the western part of the state, more than 80 percent of votes cast were in the affirmative.
    — Daigo Fujiwara, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2022
  • There's still time for the Badgers to answer that in the affirmative.
    — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Trump turned to look at those who answered in the affirmative.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2024
  • So not even talking about the affirmative case, but fear the other side.
    — CBS News, 30 Oct. 2022
  • That’s the question this Fortune op-ed asks and argues in the affirmative.
    — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 23 June 2023
  • Many voters see their ballots not as an affirmative choice so much as a move to block bad acts.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Uhh, going to answer that one in the affirmative, coach.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 8 Jan. 2023
  • The boy nodded in the affirmative and Carvalho called the police.
    — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 8 June 2022
  • Be sure the question is answered in the affirmative if such a discount was taken.
    — Bob Carlson, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The affirmative case for democracy must be made anew so that no one dares forget the price that has been paid for our freedom — or the price to be paid for its loss.
    — Richard K. Sherwin, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Two-thirds being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended.
    — Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Neapolitan pizza cart Reeva is the rare find that answers both in the affirmative.
    — oregonlive, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Three fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 12 May 2022
  • Of the events hosted by the alliance this year, this one got the quickest affirmative response from businesses, Wood said.
    — Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The proposal barely cleared a 1% quorum in the affirmative with 1.13% share.
    — Danny Nelson, Fortune, 19 June 2022
  • There might be a sadness in that pondering, but the song itself felt too good (and still feels too good) to leave me with anything but an affirmative response.
    — New York Times, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The question has been asked in Illinois, but no affirmative answer has been given.
    — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 28 Jan. 2022
  • The ripple effect of such affirmative word-of-mouth advertising is worth its weight in gold.
    — Rhett Power, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2022
  • The question every prequel should answer in the affirmative is: Is there a reason to watch beyond the connections to the franchise starter?
    — Inkoo Kang, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Scott replied in the affirmative, suggesting that a high-ankle sprain is the injury Scott sustained against Samford.
    — Ainslie Lee | [email protected], al, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Bowman’s affirmative vote was another blow to the DSA’s trust in the congressman.
    — Fox News, 1 Dec. 2021
  • If the answer is affirmative, then go ahead and automate.
    — Yec, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
  • The crafty debut feature from the brothers Danny and Michael Philippou, makes an unnerving case for the answer to that question in the affirmative.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2023
  • Well … this was a resounding answer in the affirmative.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2021
  • The vote to release on the three-member NMB was 2–1, and the two voting in the affirmative were a former union president and a former Teamsters attorney.
    — The Editors, National Review, 30 Nov. 2022
  • However, so far, there has yet to be any affirmative evidence collected that shows one of the anomalies is a space alien.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 17 Dec. 2022
  • On the horizon, the Court seems poised to invalidate affirmative-action plans and other policies esteemed on the left.
    — Justin Driver, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2022

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