progressive
adjective
favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters.
progressives
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pluralof progressive.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Piker, who earlier this year appeared on the campaign trail with El-Sayed, is a major influence among progressives and a boogeyman to establishment Republicans and Democrats alike.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and his seemingly supernatural competence at both city management and marketing, has laid a blueprint for kitchen-table progressives looking to bust out of the Trump-era holding pattern.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
Unfortunately for Carville and his ilk, that’s exactly why so many young progressives were tuning in to his stream in the first place.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
In an essay for the Journal, author Charlotte Alter argues that Michigan’s Senate primary is more than just another fight between moderates and progressives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Middle-class progressives, disgusted by the corrupt politics of both Thompson and Sweitzer, threw their weight behind an independent reformer.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
