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as in advanced
being far along in development
progressive forms of animal life
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as in liberal
not bound by traditional ways or beliefs
a socially progressive community, it was the first to provide for the public education of girls
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as in pioneering
being or employing the latest concepts, styles, or techniques
one of the founders of progressive dance, Isadora Duncan became an inspiration to an array of free-spirited artists
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as in moderate
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Recent Examples of progressive
Matthew Continetti, National Review, 14 Dec. 2024
The objective of the spy cop division was to join political advocacy organizations — nominally progressive or left-leaning causes — and act as like-minded activists, all the while feeding the information back to their superiors regarding the groups’ plans.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
Continue reading … ‘DESPICABLE’ – Social media sounds off after CEO's brutal murder mocked by progressives online.
—Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024
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These luminaries of the anti-corporate progressive Left are experts in moral inversion.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 14 Dec. 2024
The objective of the spy cop division was to join political advocacy organizations — nominally progressive or left-leaning causes — and act as like-minded activists, all the while feeding the information back to their superiors regarding the groups’ plans.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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That changed in 2020, when progressives were voted in.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
Continue reading … ‘DESPICABLE’ – Social media sounds off after CEO's brutal murder mocked by progressives online.
—Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024
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Supported by First Tellurium’s advanced materials, PyroDelta has created thermoelectric technology that has been recognized by the National Science Foundation and introduces a new way to generate electricity using heat and cooling differences.Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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By combining advanced fibers and technologies like graphene and Lycra Coolmax, the concept offers durability and temperature regulation, seamlessly adapting to any adventure through special finishing techniques.SJ Studio, Sourcing Journal, 10 Dec. 2024
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Its most infamous crime was the 1984 murder of Alan Berg, an outspoken, liberal, Jewish radio host in Denver.Zach Baylin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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At least seven Liberal members of parliament have publicly called on Trudeau to step down, and more have done so privately according to sources, CNN-affiliate CBC News reported.Lex Harvey, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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The swing-district candidates cast themselves as moderates who didn’t toe the party line.Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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While the conservatives, many of whom are Trump loyalists, may be more inclined to stay in line under a Trump administration than during President Biden's time in office, Johnson could face opposition from moderates in his party.Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2024
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All of these things suggest some alignment with the current FTC’s priorities, particularly in recognizing the role that tech companies play in the modern economy and the importance of vigorously enforcing the nation’s antitrust laws.Brian Fung, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
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These leaders exemplify how combining co-elevation behaviors with modern collaborative tools and processes can deliver breakthrough performance.Keith Ferrazzi, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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This prevents Adams from showing the disarming quality that Helena Bonham Carter brought to the eccentric mother figure in the 2010 Toast, an unconventional comic biography of chef Nigel Slater’s maternal fixation.Armond White, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024
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An environmental lawyer with no medical or public health training, Kennedy is an unconventional pick to lead the vast agency, which comprises the Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.Emily Mullin, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2024
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At the same time, religious reformers, like William Tyndale and Martin Luther, and, later, a committee of translators assembled by King James, translated the Bible into the languages of everyday people.Max Norman, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
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There’s a private spa with a steam room and cold plunge, and a gym is stocked with a Pilates reformer, a Peloton bike and other high-end workout equipment.Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2024
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Everything that was radical and interesting was going on, except inside the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, which was very old-fashioned, quite stale in its approach to things.Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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Kedar said that despite their radical roots, the opening indications were positive.Mick Krever, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
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Whitehead has said that Elwood and Turner represent the two parts of him, the idealist (Elwood) and the cynic (Turner), whose intertwined perspectives inform his own view of race as a Black man making sense of contemporary America.K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
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Agatha All Along landed three nods, for excellence in contemporary television and sci-fi/fantasy television and costume illustration.Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Progressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/progressive. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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