progressive
Example Sentences
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“We expect a progressive recovery in prepared foods, with volumes rebounding as capacity comes online and utilization improves, supported by steady underlying demand,” Miller said.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
It is an inherited, rare, progressive and incurable condition.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Stewart didn’t go for polyester suits or arenas, preferring the rough and rowdy “skull orchards” around Fort Pierce where he could alternate between hillbilly rock and progressive bluegrass.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Anyone with dementia, Parkinson’s or another progressive disease will face crippling costs just to get through each day.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
It advised all qualified instructors—it as much as said, in fact, that it couldn’t advise them fortement enough—to apply immediately for employment at the newest, most progressive, correspondence art school in Canada.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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