progressive
Example Sentences
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“We expect a progressive recovery in prepared foods, with volumes rebounding as capacity comes online and utilization improves, supported by steady underlying demand,” Miller said.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
“If you’re a company who’s messing around with these types of practices on consumers, you’re watching how well they work,” said Lindsay Owens, executive director of Groundwork Collaborative, a progressive think tank.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
It is an inherited, rare, progressive and incurable condition.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Some cases involved vanishing bile duct syndrome, a liver condition characterized by the progressive destruction of bile ducts in the liver, the agency said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
And there matters rested for three years, while schools in progressive Durham remained as segregated as those in reactionary Birmingham.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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