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Why are the indefinite articles replaced with de/d’ in negative sentences (most of the time)?

There is a matter of avoiding ambiguity: what is negated? (Which may not explain all cases.)

Je n’ai pas de mari = I am not married

Je n’ai pas des maris = I am not polygamous (negation of the plural)