progressive
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“Regulating AI is not a progressive issue. It is not a conservative issue. It is as American as apple pie,” Sanders said, following a week in which AI concerns broke through with the general public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
It earned plaudits from Questlove and Snoop Dogg, won a Grammy for progressive R&B album, and hung on as the record business imploded and rebuilt in the streaming era.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
A progressive capitalist, he nonetheless earned the endorsement of the Democratic Socialists of America and has joined New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as lefty vanguards and prime think-piece fodder.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Refereeing bosses consider Dean to be of the old school, a different era when the organisation may not have been quite so professional and progressive.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
During the past twenty years, virtually every progressive, national civil rights organization in the country has mobilized and rallied in defense of affirmative action.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Second, absent cultural distractions, Midwestern Democrats have earned themselves the running room to make the sorts of cogent economic arguments that draw moderates and progressives together.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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
But as excitement over his campaign began to mount among progressives on a national level, Ryan said, El-Sayed’s public posture swung to a middle ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 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
Vocabulary lists containing progressive
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Theodore Roosevelt on "New Nationalism" (1910)
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