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regress

[ri-gres, ree-gres] / rɪˈgrɛs, ˈri grɛs /


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"Its the perfect time" for South Korea to leverage its strategic advantage and make investments as "the AI boom might die down" and demand could regress, he told AFP.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

The Dodgers are still trying to figure out ways to make sure he doesn’t regress once the catcher comes back from a neck injury.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

Instead, the cells appeared to regress into a more juvenile form.

From Science Daily May 27, 2026

Not that stars tell us much: A Journal study in 2017 showed that five-star funds often regress to being just average after winning the accolade.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 13, 2026

“We must leave. Now. I should warn you that my mother may return momentarily. If I see her again. I'll regress horribly. We must dash.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

He has an unusually poor home run to fly ball rate, a stat that typically regresses to the mean over large sample sizes.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2023

It doesn’t lock Pittsburgh into a long-term situation if Johnson regresses and gives Johnson a chance to really cash in during his prime if he outplays the deal.

From Seattle Times Aug. 4, 2022

As the movie’s biggest name, Vaughn regresses to his second-rate deadpan comedy roles of old, forcing his way through a comedically constipated performance.

From New York Times Aug. 27, 2020

Beneath the myriad patinas of culture, there is a fixed human nature that neither improves nor regresses.

From Washington Post May 30, 2019

Without radioactivity to maintain it, the disease seems to be arrested immediately, and if the tissue damage has not gone too far, the tumor regresses and eventually disappears.

From The Star Lord by Ellanby, Boyd

Do Williams run the risk of losing one or both drivers given how far they have regressed since last year?

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

However, why England's 2025 progress stalled so dramatically, and why the team regressed so alarmingly, is still unexplained, in public at least.

From BBC May 5, 2026

But at Dilley, she regressed behaviorally, wetting herself after years without accidents and begging to breastfeed again despite being 6 years old.

From Slate Feb. 3, 2026

Jones regressed and got benched—raising concerns that Belichick had mismanaged the young passer’s development.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 7, 2025

Reviewing the data on Algernon: although he is still in his physical youth, he has regressed mentally.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

Lupe: I identify with the idea of being someone who’s evolved past their original home life, and then going back into circumstances with your family, and regressing immediately.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

Greyson was meeting all his milestones and speaking normally until age 2, when he started regressing.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 22, 2025

But Kidman isn’t debasing herself or regressing just for the sick sight of it all.

From Salon Dec. 23, 2024

Bashir is a concern, regressing after a rapid rise.

From BBC Dec. 18, 2024

“Barb” is what I was called as a child, and still am by my siblings, and I sense that at some level I’m regressing.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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