Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A logical operator that returns a false value if the operand is true and a true value if the operand is false.
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- noun mathematics, logic A
unary operation onlogical values that changestrue tofalse , and false to true.
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Examples
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Not admitting guilt, NOT accepting any blame for starting it and certainly not accepting blame for losing it which is exactly what Repubs want and your giving them when you attack Dems.
Obama Subtly Shifting Assessment Of Hillary's Pre-War Position? 2009
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This is not "fair use" -- as in using quotations and excerpts of presentations and even movie clips for education and even illustration or brief entertainment ... and NOT for financial gain.
Shepard Fairey sues AP before it sues him. Ann Althouse 2009
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This Dem politcal calculus that we don't have the votes to buck him now but just wait until the Dem president is elected, is wishful thinking because the longer it goes on the more the public is losing faith in Dems and believe it or not the thug party is GAINING because of it and we may in fact NOT win the election.
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Jesus was never a Christian, for that term was not even coined until the days of Paul-three decades after the social justice radical revolutionary Palestinian devout Jewish road warrior rose up against the corrupt Temple authorities and challenged their job security by teaching the people they did NOT need to pay the priests for ritual baths or sacrificing livestock to be OK with God.
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Not only will it NOT win, it won't even be nominated.
Sunday Discussion: So, What If The Dark Knight Wins Best Picture? « FirstShowing.net 2008
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It's also why I'm not a fan of trying to "code-switch" because you're right: those who see you as professors don't give you *cool* points for NOT speaking like a professor.
Toning Down My Professorial Tone: Or, Trying Not to be Perceived as an Intellectual Snob Anxious Black Woman 2007
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People who are close to one another hurt each other very easily, even just by NOT paying enough attention, but we need to be able to recognize when people are not intentionally hurting other people even as we state clearly our own joys and concerns.
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I am not, not, NOT presenting a double standard here.
elephants Diary Entry elephants 2002
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_With such a temper, they WOULD NOT; in such circumstances, they COULD NOT_.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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RPat wrote: To the previous four posters who have obviously have not read the bill and can only repeat Fox News talking points: This bill does NOT create a government run healthcare system!!!
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local ovolacto 2010
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