as in reversion
the act or an instance of going back to an earlier and lower level especially of intelligence or behavior
the regression to really childish behavior that boys often undergo when put in large groups
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Recent Examples of regression
The Leaf penalty kill, so dominant in recent weeks, might be due from some regression.
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Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Scikit-learn provides open-source tools for classification, regression, and clustering within the Python ecosystem.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Jan. 2026
Teaching robots to feel To address this challenge, a research team from Japan developed a new adaptive motion reproduction system based on Gaussian process regression.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026
Imposing the death penalty on Yoon would be a regression for South Korea, says Amnesty International’s Chiara Sangiorgio.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
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Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Scikit-learn provides open-source tools for classification, regression, and clustering within the Python ecosystem.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Jan. 2026
Teaching robots to feel To address this challenge, a research team from Japan developed a new adaptive motion reproduction system based on Gaussian process regression.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026
Imposing the death penalty on Yoon would be a regression for South Korea, says Amnesty International’s Chiara Sangiorgio.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regression
reversion
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Moreover, mean-reversion, not momentum, dominates fund returns over longer periods.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Many factor studies are most robust at roughly monthly horizons because fundamental and positioning data updates occur on that cadence, and because mean reversion is more likely to occur over weeks than over days, the duration aligns naturally with options trading frequency and maintenance.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Regression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regression. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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