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Recent Examples of progressiveness
Unlike Chakrabarti, Wiener has also been a part of San Francisco’s insular community for decades, and has his own base of support — though he is considered a moderate to Chakrabarti’s progressiveness.
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Anita Chabria, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Its reputation is one of progressiveness and social awareness.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 12 Sep. 2025
Where did William’s progressiveness come from?
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2025
Anita Chabria, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Its reputation is one of progressiveness and social awareness.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 12 Sep. 2025
Where did William’s progressiveness come from?
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for progressiveness
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Roots are produced from the base of the bulb, but in an odd twist of botanical bizarreness, the roots are produced toward the end of the bloom time.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
5 Sep. 2025
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Most colleges have struggled to keep up with the whiplash pace of AI innovation, but the CEO of Malvern College said schools are finally waking up.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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Building upon decades of international collaboration and innovation, ESA's lunar ambitions focus on supporting robotic and human missions as part of the global effort to return to the lunar surface in the coming decades.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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People may also not realize flash freezing preserves freshness and often involves fewer additives than canning.—
Darin Detwiler,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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To prolong freshness, butter should be refrigerated and stored in an airtight container.—
Brittany Lubeck,
Verywell Health,
21 Oct. 2025
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Most of them declined to comment on Platner’s past, expressing unfamiliarity with the details of what’s become one of the hottest political stories in the country.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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These players may be more susceptible to injury due to limited experience, unfamiliarity with the game or lower level of physical fitness, the study noted.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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As the book progresses, some of the children in the photographs are older and more in control of their outward expression, but scraps of strangeness or incongruity always peek through.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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Single shots capture the felt strangeness of rupture.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
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Also of interest will be commentary regarding how Starbucks can innovate and bring newness to its menu that draws in new customers.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
26 Oct. 2025
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From brands reworking archival items, most notably at Chanel, Dior and Celine, to joyful spring-forward colors and shapes at Loewe, Chloé and Ferragamo, this was a season that delivered exciting newness.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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The deep dive into Chaplin’s working methods is compelling and illuminating, and the shooting script itself shows that the always politically and philosophically probing Chaplin hadn’t lost any of his fire or originality in his old age.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025
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All boasting different approaches to fashion, the finalists were revealed during Copenhagen Fashion Week in August and selected by a panel of industry experts, who assessed entries based on criteria such as design talent and originality, sustainable credentials and business strategy.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Progressiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/progressiveness. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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