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Recent Examples of progressiveness
Unlike Chakrabarti, Wiener has also been a part of San Francisco’s insular community for decades, and has his own base of support — though he is considered a moderate to Chakrabarti’s progressiveness.
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Anita Chabria, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Its reputation is one of progressiveness and social awareness.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 12 Sep. 2025
Where did William’s progressiveness come from?
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2025
Anita Chabria, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Its reputation is one of progressiveness and social awareness.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 12 Sep. 2025
Where did William’s progressiveness come from?
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for progressiveness
Noun
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The bizarreness didn’t stop there.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
9 June 2026
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Roots are produced from the base of the bulb, but in an odd twist of botanical bizarreness, the roots are produced toward the end of the bloom time.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That changed as Americans wholeheartedly embraced the automobile and a new innovation—the drive-in gasoline station—proliferated at an astonishing rate across the country.—
Daniel Yergin,
Time,
20 June 2026
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Gautam Mukunda writes about corporate management and innovation.—
Gautam Mukunda,
Mercury News,
20 June 2026
Noun
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Regalis stores it at 28 degrees to preserve its freshness.—
The Editors,
Robb Report,
20 June 2026
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Finca La Igriega Conexion Malbec 2022 is a wine with fruit, freshness and vitality.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
Noun
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Perhaps the most difficult part of assimilating into a new community is embracing the unfamiliarity.—
Better Homes & Gardens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 June 2026
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Most couples have never purchased wedding flowers before, and that unfamiliarity can make the process feel overwhelming.—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Still, there’s plenty of extraordinary plotting early on, too, that foregrounds the strangeness of the heroes’ journeys.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
16 June 2026
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These scenarios' rapid-fire strangeness recalls WarioWare.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
11 June 2026
Noun
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The consumer is very excited about newness, but is also excited about heritage products.—
James Manso,
Footwear News,
16 June 2026
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Gallagher told me that Nuuly grew out of a moment when customers’ desires for newness collided with their rising concerns about shopping’s environmental impact.—
Annie Joy Williams,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
Noun
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Meanwhile, the Telford loafer, is distinguished by its refined apron stitching, which brings a subtle sense of originality to the upper.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
20 June 2026
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But what this charmer of a film has that keeps us engaged, if not originality, is the couple at the center of it all.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
18 June 2026
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“Progressiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/progressiveness. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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