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- progressive forms of animal life
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- green,
- immature,
- underdeveloped,
- undersized
- (also undersize),
- underweight,
- unripe,
- unripened
- antediluvian,
- antiquated,
- antique,
- dated,
- fusty,
- hoary,
- musty,
- Neanderthal
- (or Neandertal),
- obsolete,
- old,
- oldfangled,
- old-fashioned,
- old-time,
- out-of-date,
- outworn,
- passé,
- past
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- a socially progressive community, it was the first to provide for the public education of girls
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- one of the founders of progressive dance, Isadora Duncan became an inspiration to an array of free-spirited artists
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“Progressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/progressive. Accessed 22 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of progressive was in the 14th century
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