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This summer saw the return of capris and polka dots, a combination that feels very 1950s-retro-dream-girl, an interesting choice during a time of regressive politics and attitudes towards women and autonomy.
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Essence, 21 Aug. 2025
Property tax increases might be the most regressive of all of them.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, popular and scholarly treatments of white Southerners as overwhelmingly conservative and racially regressive abound.
—James M. Thomas, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2025
Economic research shows the new tariffs function much like a regressive tax, hitting lower- and middle-income households particularly hard.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
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Essence, 21 Aug. 2025
Property tax increases might be the most regressive of all of them.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, popular and scholarly treatments of white Southerners as overwhelmingly conservative and racially regressive abound.
—James M. Thomas, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2025
Economic research shows the new tariffs function much like a regressive tax, hitting lower- and middle-income households particularly hard.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regressive
degressive
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Three frames from a video (below) showing a 70 kg climber ascending a 3.7 m vertical glass surface using a synthetic adhesion system with degressive load-sharing and gecko-inspired adhesives.—
Seriously Science,
Discover Magazine,
3 Dec. 2014
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