progressive
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That claim is more supportable than the thesis Mr. Scheiber draws from it, namely the college-educated working class is becoming a dynamic force for progressive social change.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Under the new boundaries, Huntington Beach would be represented in Congress by Robert Garcia, a gay progressive and former mayor of Long Beach.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
"The decline in spatial memory indicates a progressive onset of neurodegenerative disease that we can attribute to CSE loss," says first author Suwarna Chakraborty, a researcher in Paul's lab.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026
It also picked up a Grammy nomination for best progressive R&B album, which made them the first British girl group to get one in two decades.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
She also took other progressive stances, like making a point of using her own full name—Elizebeth Smith Friedman—instead of the more common and acceptable form, Mrs. William F. Friedman.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
Vocabulary lists containing progressive
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Drama
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Theodore Roosevelt on "New Nationalism" (1910)
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