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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
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Whenever a regressive tax is imposed, those with the lowest incomes pay the most and face the most significant negative economic consequences.—
Noreen Sugrue,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Perez’s proposal to cut the statewide sales tax rate from 6% to 5.25%, leaving nearly $5 billion in people’s pockets, would make the nation’s most regressive revenue base somewhat less unfair to everyone who isn’t wealthy.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Degressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/degressive. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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