regress
Example Sentences
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Not that stars tell us much: A Journal study in 2017 showed that five-star funds often regress to being just average after winning the accolade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 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
When Smith signed for LIV, former Australian tour player Mike Clayton - one of the sharpest observers of the sport - predicted the then Open champion could regress.
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025
You age regress and look for a strong father or mother figure or other authoritarian leader to tell you what to do.
From Salon • Aug. 1, 2024
“We must leave. Now. I should warn you that my mother may return momentarily. If I see her again. I'll regress horribly. We must dash.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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