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Recent Examples of degressive
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.
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Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2014
Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2014
Recent Examples of Synonyms for degressive
regressive
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As with earlier versions of the bill, the measure would be highly regressive.—
Howard Gleckman,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Raising the early retirement age would also be regressive, because richer people tend to live longer, while early retirement is more common in low-income states.—
Allison Schrager,
Boston Herald,
25 May 2025
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“Degressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/degressive. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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