progressive
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Cheyenne Hunt, the executive director of progressive nonprofit Gen Z for Change and one of those involved in the Swalwell allegations becoming public, has offered to help former Swalwell staffers find new jobs.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
Now it's become a "cultural capital of the world" and a "really progressive" place, he says, with a prominent gay community.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
“Alzheimer’s is the progressive failure and loss of synapses and nerve cells, which patients experience as failing memory, failing thinking and lost independence,” Vissel tells MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
Thomas claims that the American progressive movement was founded by Wilson and imported from Germany, neither of which is true.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
Each of these recurrent exposures, no matter how slight, contributes to the progressive buildup of chemicals in our bodies and so to cumulative poisoning.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing progressive
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Drama
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Theodore Roosevelt on "New Nationalism" (1910)
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