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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
regress .
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Examples
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I say until the Supreme Court regresses from the New Deal era acceptance that the commerce clause provides the basis for an nearly unlimited range of Federal powers, we won’t have a Federal government with limited enumerated powers that our founders intended, and that is required for a thriving Republic.
West Virginian Democrats shocked at War on Coal. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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For this counter revolution of 300 (50 min. x 6/min.), it "regresses" at the rate of five minutes of dial every minute.
Luxist Ariel Adams 2010
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When the drugged woman regresses back to childhood, becoming girlishly compliant once more, it seems good at first.
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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It always regresses to abortion and hits with short, one line zingers …
Think Progress » GOP lawmaker shrieks ‘baby killer’ at pro-life Democrat Rep. Bart Stupak. 2010
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He'll have to make far more plays to match that run, especially if the defense regresses.
AFC preview: Bills need Owens to notch first playoff since '99 2009
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This is, technically speaking, a diary of a man who undergoes a surgical procedure that allows him to slowly progress from a state of idiocy to become nothing less than a genius and then gradually regresses to his previous state.
The ULTIMATE (and somewhat bloated) Best Of 2008 List [part 7] - THE RoSF LIST 2009
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So whether a child regresses at six months, or 18 months, the tragedy happens during a period of intensive vaccination.
David Kirby: Why The Vaccine-Autism Issue Won't Go Away David Kirby 2011
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It always regresses to abortion and hits with short, one line zingers …
Think Progress » House approves health care reform by vote of 219-212. 2010
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When the drugged woman regresses back to childhood, becoming girlishly compliant once more, it seems good at first.
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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This is, technically speaking, a diary of a man who undergoes a surgical procedure that allows him to slowly progress from a state of idiocy to become nothing less than a genius and then gradually regresses to his previous state.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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