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Recent Examples of regressive
Consumption taxes are more regressive than other revenue sources.
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Robert Goulder, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
This regressive move punishes our own workers and residents to try to plug budget holes.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Many called out her sexualized album artwork, the singer being dragged across the floor by her hair—a choice some say promotes regressive gender stereotypes.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
This summer saw the return of capris and polka dots, a combination that feels very 1950s-retro-dream-girl, an interesting choice during a time of regressive politics and attitudes towards women and autonomy.
—Essence, 21 Aug. 2025
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Robert Goulder, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
This regressive move punishes our own workers and residents to try to plug budget holes.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Many called out her sexualized album artwork, the singer being dragged across the floor by her hair—a choice some say promotes regressive gender stereotypes.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
This summer saw the return of capris and polka dots, a combination that feels very 1950s-retro-dream-girl, an interesting choice during a time of regressive politics and attitudes towards women and autonomy.
—Essence, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regressive
degressive
Adjective
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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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“Regressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regressive. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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