Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a regressive manner; in a backward way; by return.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a regressive manner.
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- adverb in a
regressive manner
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Examples
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And have "regressively" started reinstituting "global" primarily British and "government as sovereign" law now through the graduates in their curriculum and then issued court decisions ever since all the way up to many recent U.S.
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It is the federal and state government's "regressively" instituting socialism contrary toboth state and federal constitutions, and courts which are now making decisions based on words not even included within that Constitution.
Global Socialism Leaning Michael Moore States Capitalism Has Failed 2009
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And have "regressively" started reinstituting "global" primarily British and "government as sovereign" law now through the graduates in their curriculum and then issued court decisions ever since all the way up to many recent U.S.
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Is it me or are significantly confused and likely demented ideological absolutist old dudes kindof cute in that "hey, look at that elderly guy with all those regressively damaging ideas he's selling people" sorta way?
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Why is the price signal acting regressively somehow superior to the price signal implemented with progressive results?
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Short version: A VAT tax will fund government efficiently, if regressively.
Oil spill worsens; Greece gets bailed out; Sheila Bair vs. Blanche Lincoln 2010
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Short version: A VAT tax will fund government efficiently, if regressively.
Wonkbook: Oil spill worsens; Greece gets bailed out; Sheila Bair vs. Blanche Lincoln 2010
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But fiction and fantasy are, after all, a part of the entire culture in the Golden State, that is now losing more citizens than it gains also "progressively" (regressively) due to positions and spin doctoring such as Mr. Moore's new "art" venture.
Global Socialism Leaning Michael Moore States Capitalism Has Failed 2009
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And the U.N. progressively (or regressively) also having more and more influence over national and state issues in America, without the consent of the governed.
Global Socialism Leaning Michael Moore States Capitalism Has Failed 2009
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It's not as if our current tax system, which regressively affects low-income individuals and small, less profitable businesses, can be realistically scaled up to provide the spending Goldy desires.
Sound Politics: Size of the Economy Vs. the Size of Government 2007
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