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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
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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
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From 1980 to 1997, Williams’ F1 team won nine Constructors’ Championships and seven Drivers’ titles, thanks to its technical innovations and renowned drivers like Keke Rosberg, Alain Prost and Jacques Villeneuve.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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The falling-out between the Pentagon and Anthropic highlighted the clash of cultures between the defense establishment and Silicon Valley, which has its roots in military innovations but has since turned squeamish about seeing its technology used for war.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Both leafy herbs add a delicious freshness that tastes and smells like summer, even in the dead of winter.—
Lizzy Briskin,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Mar. 2026
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Whites from Burgundy generally have a judicious use of oak and the right balance of texture, freshness, and complexity to pair with your favorite dishes.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
5 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
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Sprint speed ranked in the 95th percentile of MLB players helped Smith mitigate early unfamiliarity with reads and reactions off the bat in right field.—
Matt Kawahara,
Houston Chronicle,
24 Feb. 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
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Fleming’s work is a hyperspecific, manic, digressive observational comedy buried inside a cloud of performance-art strangeness.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
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Shimmer infusions offered a sense of newness.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Milan’s Fall/Winter 2026 runways were filled with even more newness than usual.—
Arden Fanning Andrews,
Vogue,
1 Mar. 2026
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So give points to Korea for originality, but the jersey wordmark looks a little sloppy.—
Johnny Flores Jr,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Kodak honored him as an artist whose body of work reflects both rigor and originality, and whose influence on contemporary cinema continues to grow.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Progressiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/progressiveness. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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