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progressive

[pruh-gres-iv] / prəˈgrɛs ɪv /




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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

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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