as in reversion
the act or an instance of going back to an earlier and lower level especially of intelligence or behavior
the regression to really childish behavior that boys often undergo when put in large groups
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Recent Examples of regression
The scene is a familiar one in these kinds of tales of regression, but Apatow imbues it with a tenderness.
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Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Diagnostic testing includes interviews with parents or caregivers about the child’s development, behaviors, and any signs of regression.
—Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 5 Sep. 2025
Finding ways to ethically and responsibly use AI will be challenging, but starting conversations about it during Uranus’s regression in Gemini is worth it.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 4 Sep. 2025
Galton, who coined the term eugenics, pioneered correlation and regression and used these tools to argue that traits like intelligence and morality were heritable and should be managed through selective breeding.
—Craig Spencer, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
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Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Diagnostic testing includes interviews with parents or caregivers about the child’s development, behaviors, and any signs of regression.
—Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 5 Sep. 2025
Finding ways to ethically and responsibly use AI will be challenging, but starting conversations about it during Uranus’s regression in Gemini is worth it.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 4 Sep. 2025
Galton, who coined the term eugenics, pioneered correlation and regression and used these tools to argue that traits like intelligence and morality were heritable and should be managed through selective breeding.
—Craig Spencer, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regression
reversion
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But there are a wide range of both broken skills and weapons (go try out Sturm), and some promised updates or nerf reversions don’t seem to have happened at all.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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To De Luca and Abdy, making that $90-million picture with a reversion deal was a judgment call based on prior results.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Regression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regression. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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