regress
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Mississippi’s fourth-graders will again regress toward the mean.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
Yet if these growth rates regress to the mean, as they have in the past, value stocks are quite likely to outperform growth stocks over the next several years.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026
"I am doing everything I can as his parent to protect his wellbeing, and I cannot agree to a placement that I believe would put him or others at risk, or where he would regress."
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025
He’s 32, and bound to regress from last year’s 33-homer, 99-RBI numbers, but goodness, outside of Ohtani, did any other Dodger make a more consistent impact?
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024
The regent was loath to have me visit Qunu, thinking I would regress and fall into bad company back in my old village.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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