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Atalanta is retrograding and is rapidly losing that characteristic of speed which made her name a fitting one.

From A Beautiful Possibility by Black, Edith Ferguson

If community life is static, school and church stay in the ruts; if it is retrograding, they are losing ground; if it is progressive, they gradually show improvement.

From Society Its Origin and Development by Rowe, Henry Kalloch

Gen. Lee, it is said, is not permitted to follow Meade, who is retrograding, being weakened by detachments.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp