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regress

[ri-gres, ree-gres] / rɪˈgrɛs, ˈri grɛs /


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"Its the perfect time" for South Korea to leverage its strategic advantage and make investments as "the AI boom might die down" and demand could regress, he told AFP.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

Instead, the cells appeared to regress into a more juvenile form.

From Science Daily May 27, 2026

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

Our familiar universe of galaxies and stars, planets and people, would be a single elementary particle in the next universe up, the first step of another infinite regress.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

The musical trio regresses into that awkwardness of knowing they’ve shared a special moment, but there isn’t much left to say to each other besides so long and good luck.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2025

That can make you comfortable sticking around even if performance regresses.

From Seattle Times Aug. 8, 2021

As the movie’s biggest name, Vaughn regresses to his second-rate deadpan comedy roles of old, forcing his way through a comedically constipated performance.

From New York Times Aug. 27, 2020

Beneath the myriad patinas of culture, there is a fixed human nature that neither improves nor regresses.

From Washington Post May 30, 2019

Since the dream regresses to this stage, it seems to have made apparent the evil that lies in us.

From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud

But his recovery regressed, and he was shut down from throwing.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

However, why England's 2025 progress stalled so dramatically, and why the team regressed so alarmingly, is still unexplained, in public at least.

From BBC May 5, 2026

But at Dilley, she regressed behaviorally, wetting herself after years without accidents and begging to breastfeed again despite being 6 years old.

From Slate Feb. 3, 2026

One year after winning 10 games with one of the league’s most potent offenses, they’ve regressed in pretty much every way.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 29, 2025

You've probably regressed completely by now, living in that substandard old house with only your mother for company.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

His infield versatility is a plus and he put together three consecutive strong offensive seasons before regressing in 2025 to a .622 OPS.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 3, 2025

Greyson was meeting all his milestones and speaking normally until age 2, when he started regressing.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 22, 2025

However, despite acknowledging successes and changes, Welsh women have raised concerns that equality is regressing.

From BBC Mar. 7, 2025

But Kidman isn’t debasing herself or regressing just for the sick sight of it all.

From Salon Dec. 23, 2024

“Barb” is what I was called as a child, and still am by my siblings, and I sense that at some level I’m regressing.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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