progressive
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A self-described progressive, Nabiha said the group has about 240 members.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
The Hatters' progress off the pitch remains progressive rather than regressive, with work advancing on a new 25,000-capacity stadium at Power Court which is due to be completed for the start of 2028-29.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
With progressive enthusiasm running high, they see this year as their chance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
It’s traditional masculinity retrofitted for a progressive audience.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026
By not slapping down the symbol of black prosperity—by aiding it in many ways, in fact—Durham had earned its reputation as a progressive Southern city.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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It set Pappas up perfectly for his line that “everyone is welcome on this team: progressives, moderates, independents, Republicans.”
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026
Roy was way ahead among renters, who make up nearly two-thirds of the electorate, as well as progressives and self-described Democratic Socialists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Libertarians, social conservatives, progressives, socialists and others could all make a pitch for whatever rights they favored.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and his seemingly supernatural competence at both city management and marketing, has laid a blueprint for kitchen-table progressives looking to bust out of the Trump-era holding pattern.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
Middle-class progressives, disgusted by the corrupt politics of both Thompson and Sweitzer, threw their weight behind an independent reformer.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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