Sample Sentences for
regress
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regress as in:  regressed instead of progressed

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    Not only have they not made progress, they have regressed.
    regressed = returned to a less-advanced state
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    Kool-Aid seemed a little too regressive.  (source)
    regressive = returning to a former (less advanced) state
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    I've regressed to the damsel in distress.  (source)
    regressed = returned to a former (less advanced) state
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    They had a special language: regression, acting out, hostility, withdrawal, indulging in behavior.  (source)
    regression = returning to a former (less advanced) state
    standard suffix: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.
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    The regent was loath to have me visit Qunu, thinking I would regress and fall into bad company back in my old village.  (source)
    regress = return to a former (less advanced) state
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    Since Thanksgiving, things have regressed between St. Clair and me.†  (source)
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    If you see him regressing into that state of mind-and you'll know it when you see it-stop him.  (source)
    regressing = returning to a former (less advanced) state
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    But outsiders have their supporting role to play, too, in part by shining a spotlight on these regressive attitudes in an effort to break the taboo that often surrounds them.  (source)
    regressive = less advanced
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.
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    I appeal to your infantile regressions.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-sions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in discussions from discuss, explosions from explode, and revisions from revise.
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    He reflected that the progressive extension of the field of individual development and experience was regressively accompanied by a restriction of the converse domain of interindividual relations.†  (source)
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    On the other hand, this kind of honesty was anything but a sign of regression.  (source)
    regression = returning to a former (less advanced) state
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    That without his reformist spirit, his tolerance of small acts of progress, things would regress, and all the liberties promised at KAEC would be ground into the sand.  (source)
    regress = returned to a former (less advanced) state
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    He regressed me.†  (source)
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regress as in:  regressed income on education

meaning too rare to warrant focus

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X can cause Y; Y can cause X; or it may be that some other factor is causing both X and Y. A regression alone can't tell you whether it snows because its cold, whether it's cold because it snows, or if the two just happen to go together.  (source)
regression = the process of finding any relationship between variables
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