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regress

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


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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

Responding imperfectly in a moment of great stress doesn’t mean that this is a story designed to show how women fail each other, or how women are pitted against each other, or to regress feminism.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2025

Rachel Slaughter said her son will only receive six months of therapy this year and fears he will "regress" as a result.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

These infinities represent an unending regress that goes on not just very far, but forever.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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