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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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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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Most fundamentally, innovation raises productivity, which in turn makes higher living standards possible.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
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This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, and reviewed and distributed by Stacker.—
Stacker,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
Noun
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If an egg's freshness is at all uncertain, cook it through completely.—
Anne Wolf,
Martha Stewart,
9 May 2026
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Maybe just my voice and the freshness of my time to rescue a legacy that was getting lost among modern genres.—
Sarah Moreno
May 7,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Kennedy’s overhaul of the group and its unfamiliarity with some of the nitty-gritty of procedural requirements was evident throughout the afternoon.—
O. Rose Broderick,
STAT,
28 Apr. 2026
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But that confidence may be put to a test as potential challengers included in the survey posted stronger favorability scores than Johnson — though the city residents surveyed displayed significant levels of unfamiliarity with those possible rivals.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Television functions, for him, as a looking glass through which we are enticed, the better to savor the strangeness of beings infinitely odder, if more resilient, than Humpty Dumpty.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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With all the richness, strangeness, and texture that makes Sunset Boulevard so special.—
Chris Yogerst,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
Noun
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The vernal atmosphere of May is encouraging us all to gather newness around us and refresh our lives for the spring season.—
Theara Coleman,
TheWeek,
7 May 2026
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Myers said the hotel’s relative newness was a magnet for prospective buyers.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Your originality lands especially well now, and others respond to your confidence.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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The beads-on-books trend feels overdone and lacks originality.—
Tessa Cooper,
The Spruce,
2 May 2026
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“Progressiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/progressiveness. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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