positive feedback

noun

: feedback that tends to magnify a process or increase its output

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Artistic Milliners is receiving positive feedback for Taigen, a fabric from the Surface Interest collection. Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 18 June 2025 The study’s preliminary data, collected from nine healthy young males, has received positive feedback. Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2025 When delivering positive feedback, impact can be even more powerful. Keli Frazier-Cox, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025 Johnnie, hired in 2001, received similarly positive feedback. Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 7 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for positive feedback

Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of positive feedback was in 1934

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“Positive feedback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/positive%20feedback. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.

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