progressive
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There is currently no cure for Lewy body dementia, which is terminal and progressive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Some progressive tax scholars say the most effective such tax would occur at the federal level.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
It’s traditional masculinity retrofitted for a progressive audience.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026
But an influential research foundation argued it would be a progressive move that would help those on low-incomes and knock £27 off a typical annual bill.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
“Like, isn’t this supposed to be one of the most progressive cities on the planet?”
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
Roy was way ahead among renters, who make up nearly two-thirds of the electorate, as well as progressives and self-described Democratic Socialists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Fusionists were liberals, but their liberalism differed from that of the progressives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
The most electable progressives are instead happy warriors, a quality Ocasio-Cortez and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani have in spades.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
Eventually, Stevens consolidated establishment and centrist support, while El-Sayed consolidated progressives.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
Middle-class progressives, disgusted by the corrupt politics of both Thompson and Sweitzer, threw their weight behind an independent reformer.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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Theodore Roosevelt on "New Nationalism" (1910)
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