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Recent Examples of progressivism
But there’s nothing magic, of course, about freshness or progressivism.
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Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
Trust in institutions has also eroded, a factor in President Trump’s rise and the rise in progressivism led by political figures including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).
—Amie Parnes, The Hill, 19 Sep. 2025
Reform—Within Reason Malthus aimed to puncture Godwin’s grandiloquent progressivism.
—Roy Scranton, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
Part of that is a rejection of decades of progressivism and progressive values, which had become the Establishment.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
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Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
Trust in institutions has also eroded, a factor in President Trump’s rise and the rise in progressivism led by political figures including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).
—Amie Parnes, The Hill, 19 Sep. 2025
Reform—Within Reason Malthus aimed to puncture Godwin’s grandiloquent progressivism.
—Roy Scranton, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
Part of that is a rejection of decades of progressivism and progressive values, which had become the Establishment.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for progressivism
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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.—
Anita Chabria,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Its reputation is one of progressiveness and social awareness.—
Christian Orozco,
NBC news,
12 Sep. 2025
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This, together with the fragmented working class and weak community roots of Lindsay’s liberalism, left the city unable to fight the wave of neoliberal austerity measures that faced the city.—
Daniel Wortel-London,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2026
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Likewise, should Madisonian liberalism regain its footing, the assumptions political scientists have relied on for so long will once again appear to many as eternal truths.—
Jason Blakely,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Progressivism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/progressivism. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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