regressive
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The reliance on sales taxes—10.55% in Seattle—is deeply regressive.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
ITEP, however, has named Washington among its most regressive states, where 20% of the population with the lowest incomes “pay three times as much of their income in taxes as the wealthiest 1%.”
From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026
Although the manosphere content often cited by media and scholars is not necessarily racially regressive, it is distinctly gender regressive, and that appears to be taking a toll on Gen Z.
From Slate • Jan. 6, 2026
This contrast is a good deal more dramatically compelling than the somewhat overwrought psychological drama that exerts a regressive pull on “anthropology.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025
By making regressive application of the principle thus ascertained by experience, we often obtain a clue to special causal connexion.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
Vocabulary lists containing regressive
"The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury
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Government and the Economy, Sections 3–5
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State and Local Governments, Sections 5–6
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