Example Sentences

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Maybe I undersold Polinger as “Raw” 101, or maybe Ducournau is regressing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

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

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025

When it comes to electricity, Iran is regressing.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2023

They have produced one offensive touchdown and their once-potent run game is regressing as teams play the run, not believing Watson can be accurate on the deep ball after two years away.

From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2022

The boy is all bottled up; his energy should be going into play and work, but instead it is regressing, going back to early ways of adaptation to environment.

From A Dominie in Doubt by Neill, Alexander Sutherland