progressive
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Japan makes more revenue from Australian gas - by taxing imports - than Australia itself does, according to progressive public policy think tank the Australia Institute.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Huang, a progressive community activist, said she is performing well with younger voters, who are not traditionally polled as frequently since they are less likely to show up to vote.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
Each one of them is an outspoken champion of progressive values.
From Salon • May 3, 2026
They emerge when effort gradually increases—when endurance, strength or skill expand over time in what is called progressive overload.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
It transforms science from knowledge of the truth, regarded as indisputable, into a form of progressive knowledge in which established truths may always be disputed and in which an ultimate truth is never attained.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing progressive
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Theodore Roosevelt on "New Nationalism" (1910)
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