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progressive

[pruh-gres-iv] / prəˈgrɛs ɪv /




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It affects approximately 1% of people worldwide and can cause persistent pain, swelling, stiffness, and progressive joint damage.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 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

Nixon is a member of the progressive group but has said she is not completely aligned with all of the group’s policies.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

MS is an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system and can result in progressive physical and cognitive decline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

In the fall of 1952, when Bobby was nine, Regina secured scholarship enrollment for him in Brooklyn Community Woodward, a progressive grade school of approximately 150 children.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Libertarians, social conservatives, progressives, socialists and others could all make a pitch for whatever rights they favored.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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

Unfortunately for Carville and his ilk, that’s exactly why so many young progressives were tuning in to his stream in the first place.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 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

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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