Below you will find example sentences with "false positive". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

False Positive in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: false
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26.3 words

Words in this phrase

false positive

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • false can mean: Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect. Frequent word
  • positive can mean: Included, present, characterized by affirmation. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 3 start, 7 middle, 10 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

was a false positive 2× after a false positive on a 1× after a false positive virus test 1× amounts of false positive cases 1× and fewer false positive false negative 1× be a false positive 1× be a false positive reprieve for 1× conceding that false positive and false 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

an american traveling 1× barber and emmanuel 1× bora hansgrohe a 1× but public health 1× false positive results 1× further the cycling 1×

Common sentence endings:

a false positive 3× a drug test 1× a positive test 1× a short period 1× and false negatives 1× false negative results 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

test 8× results 7× negative 6× tests 4× further 3× high 3× scans 2× disease 2× per 2× set 2× tour 2× riders 2×

Related phrases

tested positive positive cases test positive testing positive positive test making false false information false claims positive attitude positive feedback

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around false:

making false 13× false information 12× false statements 8×

Just before it in the phrase index:

false information false claims false alarm falls police falls apart falling off

Just after it in the phrase index:

false statements falsely claiming fame quarterback familiar face familiar faces family affair

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

false information false claims false alarm false statements

Same ending:

tested positive test positive testing positive

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "false positive" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 26.3 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as was a false positive, after a false positive on a, test, results and negative stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with tested positive, positive cases, test positive, making false, false information and false statements, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with false positive

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

False positive results from rapid testing has brought this method into question. (12 words)

We also can see a false positive in 1998, where the spread went negative for a short period. (18 words)

However these “false positive” HIV tests mean unnecessary anxiety while people sought further clarification about their HIV status. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

Katey Evans said in her video that all of her family members received negative test results Tuesday, including the daughter who initially tested positive, leading her to believe that her daughter’s first test was a false positive. (38 words)

There is also a risk that these scans give a false positive – things that look like disease but aren’t. up to 97 false positives per 1,000 scans) are particularly susceptible to false positive results. (36 words)

But public health nurse Denise Ewing, who performed the contact tracing on the case for the state Section of Epidemiology, says the subsequent negative tests don’t mean that the original one was a false positive. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

There is also a risk that these scans give a false positive – things that look like disease but aren’t. up to 97 false positives per 1,000 scans) are particularly susceptible to false positive results.

It stated that antigen tests “are not 100% accurate,” conceding that false positive and false negative results may occur.

Many use AI to automate classification of approaching drones by model, operator, and threat profile, taking care to minimize false positive and false negatives.

The resulting assay provides an increase in flexibility, reliability and sensitivity in addition to higher throughput and fewer false positive/false negative results.

Bora-Hansgrohe, a German team that was set to take part in the Tour, had one of its riders test positive – which eventually turned out to be a false positive.

Katey Evans said in her video that all of her family members received negative test results Tuesday, including the daughter who initially tested positive, leading her to believe that her daughter’s first test was a false positive.

To avoid false positive results that could rule healthy riders out of contention, Tour organizers perform a retest and a blood analysis as quickly as possible in case of a positive test.

Infants testing positive during the screening will have undergo further test to determine if they do have the disease or results were false positive,” she explained.

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An American traveling home from Brazil via Toronto Pearson Airport found this out the hard way when he was arrested after a false positive on a drug test.

Barber and Emmanuel Candès created the knockoff filter framework, which essentially shows the likelihood of a false positive and is now widely used by researchers in the field.

Further, the cycling for the tests was deliberately set too high, which resulted in untold amounts of false positive cases.

We also can see a false positive in 1998, where the spread went negative for a short period.

And as many as 75 per cent of men with high PSA undergo this process and are found not to have cancer – this high false positive rate is why PSA is regarded as unreliable.

To do content moderation properly, you need human eyes on and a big enough staff to fix the problems of false positive flags.

Because he was experiencing mild symptoms, it appears there won’t be a false positive reprieve for Saban like there was last month before another huge game against Georgia.

But public health nurse Denise Ewing, who performed the contact tracing on the case for the state Section of Epidemiology, says the subsequent negative tests don’t mean that the original one was a false positive.

False positive results from rapid testing has brought this method into question.

Gynaecologists told O’Connor in October 2015 that an endometrial biopsy was negative, and the hospital had also provided a “false positive” result to a routine smear test carried out the previous year.

He was scheduled to meet with President Trump, but had to pull out after a false positive virus test.

However these “false positive” HIV tests mean unnecessary anxiety while people sought further clarification about their HIV status.

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