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regressive

adjective as in mossbacked

adjective as in recessive

adjective as in retrogressive

adjective as in reversed

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Meanwhile, popular and scholarly treatments of white Southerners as overwhelmingly conservative and racially regressive abound.

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In the short term, the Budget Lab notes, tariffs are regressive — they strike disproportionately at lower-income people.

While framed as a “baby bonus” to build wealth, the program’s structure is deeply flawed and regressive.

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In turn, the production of “Elio” also illuminates the regressive political climate in this country.

It’s a regressive tax masquerading as environmental action.

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