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noun

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Verb
Advertisement Advertisement As a journalist who had chronicled progress and regress in my native South across four decades, I was deeply affected by the murders on June 17, 2015, at Emanuel African Methodist Church in Charleston, S.C.—Mother Emanuel, as it is known. Kevin Sack, Time, 3 June 2025 When a crisis draws him back home to Baltimore, Elisha’s world begins to collapse, expand, regress and explode all around him. Brian Welk, IndieWire, 12 May 2025
Noun
There’s no true aspect of his game that stands out, and without a true calling card that could come back to haunt him if his shooting regresses. Tom Rende, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025 So perhaps the off-ramp is some disaster that regresses on social, technological, or political progress, knocking backward humanity’s millennia-long history of struggle and growth. Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for regress
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regress
Verb
  • Both books sold modestly, and eventually Viking let the rights revert.
    Paul Slovak September 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
  • One dares to hope that Hollywood, for all its current ills, may finally be turning a corner, reverting back to when new ideas were held at a premium.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The 112-year-old school building has asbestos and a deteriorating foundation.
    Erica Mosca, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But when the levees failed, thousands of people were trapped inside as supplies dwindled and conditions deteriorated quickly.
    Sarah Alegre, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This regression incurs significant costs.
    Douglas B. Laney, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Galton, who coined the term eugenics, pioneered correlation and regression and used these tools to argue that traits like intelligence and morality were heritable and should be managed through selective breeding.
    Craig Spencer, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • After making a positive impact on Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) in her season 2 debut, Chef Terry returned in the season 3 finale to deliver a moving speech about the importance of a restaurant being service to the customer — not the food itself.
    Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • There is doubt, though, the Razorbacks will return for future games.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The company travels to Rome, where Blackshirts march in the piazzas, but Duse’s health worsens.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Checking in with a pediatrician, school counselor, or a mental health professional can provide guidance before patterns worsen.
    Adrienne Farr, Parents, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Burberry's share price has fallen sharply over recent years, declining almost 80% from April 2023 to September 2024, as waning sales and a slew of management changes exacerbated a wider luxury downturn.
    Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Morris and his attorneys declined comment.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Journalists and television crews from around the world descended on the town of Morwell when the trial began in April, with millions of Australians following proceedings live through one of several popular daily podcasts.
    Alasdair Pal, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Justin Jefferson and the Minnesota Vikings descend down to the shores of Lake Michigan, where Caleb Williams’ Chicago Bears await.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That this team won’t crumble in the face of adversity.
    Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Decades of underinvestment have left the country with congested highways, crumbling bridges, crowded airports — and a disjointed passenger rail network that is underfunded and unreliable.
    Ben Jones, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Regress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regress. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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