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Recent Examples of progressiveness
Unlike Chakrabarti, Wiener has also been a part of San Francisco’s insular community for decades, and has his own base of support — though he is considered a moderate to Chakrabarti’s progressiveness.
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Anita Chabria,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
Its reputation is one of progressiveness and social awareness.
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Christian Orozco,
NBC news,
12 Sep. 2025
Where did William’s progressiveness come from?
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
4 Aug. 2025
Anita Chabria,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
Its reputation is one of progressiveness and social awareness.
—
Christian Orozco,
NBC news,
12 Sep. 2025
Where did William’s progressiveness come from?
—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for progressiveness
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The bizarreness didn’t stop there.
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Roots are produced from the base of the bulb, but in an odd twist of botanical bizarreness, the roots are produced toward the end of the bloom time.
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These economies lose their cheap labor advantage, but don’t have the domestic innovation to create the high-value sectors to compete with wealthier nations.
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Instead of looking only for escapements or technical innovation, Newman encourages appreciation of cases, dials, proportions, engraving, and overall design—the same qualities that define today’s most desirable independent watches.
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The dish is finished with some smoky crunch from bacon and freshness from scallions, which both keep it from tasting too heavy.
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Follow the package instructions when buying pre-packaged spinach to wash and store for freshness.
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Even a short period can act as an emotional and mental buffer, allowing your brain to re-adjust from the excitement and unfamiliarity of the road back to a standard, daily schedule.
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Perhaps the most difficult part of assimilating into a new community is embracing the unfamiliarity.
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To decorate the feet in designer duds, to emphasize their strangeness, their alien qualities that tie us to our distant ape ancestors, with expensive materials and odd shapes, is to walk fashion forward with Darwinian chic.
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Wilson’s achievement is to bring these meanings forward without flattening the poem’s strangeness or grandeur.
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Passionate about all things food and beverage, newness in flavor and technique quench my thirst for information, but so does learning about the people and places behind these movements.
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Check out the full selection to add some newness to your repertoire.
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Where is the mystery, the originality?
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According to Blair, originality, practical filmmaking and emerging voices matter more than franchises and giant visual effects spectacles.
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“Progressiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/progressiveness. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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