progressive
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Lopez spent the next three years along with her fellow progressive Santa Ana council members shoring up the city’s rent control policies and its immigrant defense fund.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Maybe a spoof doesn’t have to be consistently funny or ideologically progressive to be enjoyable, and anyone who demands those things should just close the door and forget what they’ve seen.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
Incumbent Democrat Karen Bass was up against progressive City Council member Nithya Raman and Pratt, who is a registered Republican.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
“For hourly matching, the infrastructure doesn’t exist and the markets don’t exist either. Mandating something in that situation is just a leap into the abyss, which is why we have a progressive approach,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
This particular sheriff’s department was more progressive than most.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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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