retrogressing 1 of 2

present participle of retrogress
as in reverting
to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level the quality of research at the university lab has begun to retrogress since the massive budget cuts went into effect

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retrogressing

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adjective

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrogressing
Verb
  • One dares to hope that Hollywood, for all its current ills, may finally be turning a corner, reverting back to when new ideas were held at a premium.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Other changes include renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and reverting Alaska's Denali mountain to Mount McKinley.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
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  • Brown spent more than five years in prison for robbery with a deadly weapon before returning home to his mother.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The six returning starters are 12-0, and the five starters elevated from within the program are 10-0.
    Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Retrogressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrogressing. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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