as in reversions
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 regressions
Volpe earned just $879,000 this season, so that increase would mark a raise of more than 400% despite his regressions on offense and defense.
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Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Most leading teams keep an audit trail so regressions don’t slip through the cracks and improvements are visible to all stakeholders.
—Sebastian Crossa, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Most leading teams keep an audit trail so regressions don’t slip through the cracks and improvements are visible to all stakeholders.
—Sebastian Crossa, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regressions
reversions
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But there are a wide range of both broken skills and weapons (go try out Sturm), and some promised updates or nerf reversions don’t seem to have happened at all.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Regressions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regressions. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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