progressive
Example Sentences
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If we claim that the church has become more progressive, well, what the hell do we mean, and on what time scale?
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
It remains Galsworthy’s most famous individual novel and established him as a serious writer and a progressive public voice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
It is an inherited, rare, progressive and incurable condition.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
The company plans to seek priority FDA review for Tyvaso to treat IPF, a chronic, progressive lung disease.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
My parents were a little conservative, a little traditional, and, in some ways, surprisingly progressive.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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