retrogression

Example Sentences

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“Although the government’s bloody act is a retrogression of civilization, we hope citizens can be civilized and stop feeding the wildlife,” Wong said.

From Washington Post

The House restored Hispanic control of that other district, which would blunt accusations of unlawful “retrogression” of minority influence if the Senate accepts the change.

From Seattle Times

“Because these states know that if they couldn’t disprove retrogression, it would go down in flames.”

From New York Times

The fight to defend America’s openness, renewal and unity against Trump’s walls, retrogression and fracture is inseparable from the struggle to save the world from the creeping autocracy of the 21st century.

From New York Times

This duplicity is, as the museum called it, part of the American paradox: a museum that represents both stagnancy and change, advancement and retrogression, black America and the rest.

From The New Yorker