regression
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New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye has experienced a dramatic regression in play following his breakout 2025 season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Conditional logistic regression allowed them to compare changes within individual patients.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
“And because I think that the last ‘pen that he had, there was a little bit of regression.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
But if he does return to ties and suits as prime minister, it will only be a regression to his previous Westminster look.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Knowing what you now know about regression analysis, conventional wisdom, and the art of parenting, consider the following list of sixteen factors.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
They had run the regressions, conducted the robustness checks, and done the work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Datadog’s strength revolves around observability, which is all about “providing context to the state of every part of the business including performance regressions, outages, or issues concerning security and compliance,” according to the company’s website.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
“If key departures slow iteration, cause quality regressions, or reduce community trust, the open-source flywheel weakens.”
From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026
Former audio programmer Isaac Hudd says "mistakes started piling up" during crunch, and says "regressions", where one team would fix a bug only for another to unwittingly bring it back to life, became increasingly common.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2025
Some apparent regional or continentwide regressions of technology in Australia may stem from the isolation and relatively few inhabitants of its population centers.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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