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His focus on welfare measures as the ultimate standard of progressivism left the city ill-equipped to propose alternative economic strategies needed for addressing its fiscal crisis.
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Daniel Wortel-London, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
Newland toldshe believes the trend reflects a broader retreat from the progressivism that once defined her generation.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
For all his progressivism, Mamdani is a relentlessly boosterish NYC insider with a uniform — black suit, white shirt — familiar to New York’s financiers.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Reform—Within Reason Malthus aimed to puncture Godwin’s grandiloquent progressivism.
—Roy Scranton, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
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Daniel Wortel-London, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
Newland toldshe believes the trend reflects a broader retreat from the progressivism that once defined her generation.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
For all his progressivism, Mamdani is a relentlessly boosterish NYC insider with a uniform — black suit, white shirt — familiar to New York’s financiers.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Reform—Within Reason Malthus aimed to puncture Godwin’s grandiloquent progressivism.
—Roy Scranton, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for progressivism
Noun
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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.—
Anita Chabria,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Its reputation is one of progressiveness and social awareness.—
Christian Orozco,
NBC news,
12 Sep. 2025
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The persistence of legality masks the erosion of liberalism.—
Alejandro Reyes,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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The present world order is characterized by liberalism, democracy, and capitalism, not because this is good, right, or better; but because the most powerful nation in the world since 1945 has been a liberal democratic capitalist country.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Progressivism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/progressivism. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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