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Others said the ad was regressive, highlighting a blonde bombshell and catering to the objectifying male gaze.
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Anika Reed, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Also, Pritzker and the legislature have failed to fix the regressive property tax system in Illinois.
—Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
In the Bay Area, counties are bracing for catastrophic losses; Santa Clara County alone projects a shortfall of up to $1 billion over the next few years, forcing local governments to scramble for regressive sales taxes to fund what progressive federal taxes once covered.
—Markos Kounalakis, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
Captive in bucolic panopticons, their lives are at once aesthetically alluring, depressingly regressive and anthropologically fascinating.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
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Anika Reed, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Also, Pritzker and the legislature have failed to fix the regressive property tax system in Illinois.
—Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
In the Bay Area, counties are bracing for catastrophic losses; Santa Clara County alone projects a shortfall of up to $1 billion over the next few years, forcing local governments to scramble for regressive sales taxes to fund what progressive federal taxes once covered.
—Markos Kounalakis, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
Captive in bucolic panopticons, their lives are at once aesthetically alluring, depressingly regressive and anthropologically fascinating.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
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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 11 May. 2026.
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