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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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Its deployment reflects Beijing’s growing ambition to build long-term, scalable infrastructure for sustained deep-sea exploration and innovation.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Mar. 2026
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Trump and his advisors, including AI and crypto czar David Sacks, have argued that various state laws are a burden to innovation.—
Deepa Shivaram,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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There’s a tension between the freshness of the denim and the transparency of the shoe that brings the outfit to life.—
Alex Sales,
Glamour,
27 Mar. 2026
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Fish will be flown from Japan daily to ensure freshness, said manager Yuanyuan Li.—
Jenna Thompson
March 26,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The unfamiliarity with the play makes it that much harder to execute.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2026
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The inexperience and unfamiliarity of playing with one another started to become less of an issue.—
Dean Spiros,
Twin Cities,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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That strangeness has fed centuries of myth.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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For Ballantyne, the moment epitomized the strangeness of the whole situation — a sentiment echoed by fellow passengers.—
Francesca Street,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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That is to be expected considering the streamer’s relative newness to the space, but such immaturity can jump off the screen.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Mar. 2026
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So yeah, newness is kind of a theme, a clean slate to open this newness.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In a highly competitive environment, if Series Mania 2026 was anything to go by, a significant number of Europe’s top companies are driving into originality in order to score precious series orders.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2026
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But the recent run for originality — at the Oscars and the multiplex — suggests audiences may be more eager for something different from the same old.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Progressiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/progressiveness. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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