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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

The Dodgers are still trying to figure out ways to make sure he doesn’t regress once the catcher comes back from a neck injury.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 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

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

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Maybe Allen regresses in the event offensive coordinator Brian Daboll becomes a head coach elsewhere, Belichick fixes his defense on the fly and the Patriots close the gap in the AFC East.

From Washington Post Jan. 17, 2022

The confusion, the worry, the frustration of being the father of a child who grows and learns and then, suddenly, regresses.

From Seattle Times Feb. 23, 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

A renowned gynecologist falls in love with a golf pro, as his wife regresses into childishness and his daughter prepares for her wedding.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 3, 2020

The pleasurable feeling-tone which normally belongs to ministering to others, regresses in the nervous invalid to the infantile satisfaction of being ministered unto.

From Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy by Josephine A. Jackson

Others appear to have stalled or regressed - Rodrigo Bentancur, Manuel Ugarte, Facundo Pellistri and Darwin Nunez among them.

From BBC Jun. 26, 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

Jones, the next quarterback the Pats hoped would fill Brady’s shoes, regressed after a promising rookie year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

Caleb Ferguson, 29, RP, 0.9, 1.6: A serviceable left-handed option out of the Dodgers’ bullpen from 2018 to 2023, Ferguson hasn’t really progressed or regressed since, playing for four teams in two years.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 3, 2025

Reviewing the data on Algernon: although he is still in his physical youth, he has regressed mentally.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

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

I only write when I feel like if I don’t write, then I’m moving backwards or I’m regressing in my own personal healing journey.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 9, 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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