in the affirmative

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in the affirmative

in the form of an answer that means yes. The soldier answered in the affirmative by nodding his head "yes." My manager's response was in the affirmative.

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In that decision, a majority of the Court found both the use of quotas in the affirmative action program of the University of California at Davis's medical school and the school's goal of remedying the effects of societal discrimination to be in violation of the Civil Rights Act and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Affirmative Action Around the World: an Empirical Study by Sterba, James P. / Stanford Law Review			in some transaction for in spades in spare time in spite of in spitting distance in stead in step in step with in stitches in stock in stocking feet in storage in store in style in sum in summary in Sunday best in surgery in tandem in tatters in tears in terms of in that regard in the absence of in the act in the affirmative in the air in the altogether in the back of mind in the bag in the balance in the ballpark in the bargain in the best of health in the black in the blink of an eye in the blood in the boondocks in the bosom of in the buff in the bull pen in the business of in the cards in the care of in the case of in the catbird seat in the chips in the clear in the cold light of day in the Common Era in the context of			In terrorem In terrorem clause In terrorem populi in that in that in that in that in that in that case in that connection in that connection in that connection in that connection in that connexion in that connexion in that connexion in that connexion in that event in that location in that regard in that regard in that regard in that respect in the absence of in the absence of In the Absence of Truth in the act in the adjacent apartment in the adjacent house In the Aeroplane Over the Sea in the affirmative in the aggregate in the aggregate in the aggregate in the aggregate in the air in the air in the air in the air in the air in the altogether in the altogether in the area In the article of death in the ascendent in the ascendent in the ascendent in the back of beyond in the back of mind in the background in the bad graces of in the bad graces of in the bad graces of in the bag in the bag in the bag in the bag in the bag in the balance in the balance in the balance

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