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Hope Ledford, director of civic innovation policy at the Chamber, says the taxes are regressive and that states have other ways to raise revenue.
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Kevin Williams, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
But at a time when American moms are reaching their breaking point—and right-wing values are infiltrating the mainstream—is the choice to lean out of the workforce a radical new form of feminism or a regressive return to an outdated social system?
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2025
If relaxed selection is the process, then regressive evolution is the result.
—New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2025
This defense looks the same — even with elevated talent — and the offense looked regressive in the opener.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2025
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Kevin Williams, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
But at a time when American moms are reaching their breaking point—and right-wing values are infiltrating the mainstream—is the choice to lean out of the workforce a radical new form of feminism or a regressive return to an outdated social system?
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2025
If relaxed selection is the process, then regressive evolution is the result.
—New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2025
This defense looks the same — even with elevated talent — and the offense looked regressive in the opener.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regressive
degressive
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Three frames from a video (below) showing a 70 kg climber ascending a 3.7 m vertical glass surface using a synthetic adhesion system with degressive load-sharing and gecko-inspired adhesives.—
Seriously Science,
Discover Magazine,
3 Dec. 2014
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