regressive
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The reliance on sales taxes—10.55% in Seattle—is deeply regressive.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Florida ranks fifth for tax competitiveness but is considered to have the most regressive tax system in the U.S.
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
Captive in bucolic panopticons, their lives are at once aesthetically alluring, depressingly regressive and anthropologically fascinating.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
As women increasingly assert their right to choose their partners, Srivastava adds, they often encounter resistance from what she describes as "a deeply regressive social system".
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026
All so-called natural causes are effects of preceding causes, forming a regressive series of indefinite extent, with no first beginning.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
Vocabulary lists containing regressive
"The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury
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Government and the Economy, Sections 3–5
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State and Local Governments, Sections 5–6
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