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Definition
favoring political change or new ideas (typically associated with liberal causes); or a person with such beliefs
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gradually getting more severe — as of a disease or other condition
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gradually advancing (making progress)
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gradually getting more severe — as of a disease or other condition
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gradually advancing (making progress)
- "Coeducation," the headmaster said, "is a part of the future of any progressive school."p. 333.6
- Although the newer, more progressive-minded faculty complained about Archie Thorndike's reluctance to change a single course requirement—not to mention his views of "the whole boy"—the headmaster had no enemies.p. 301.7
There are no more uses of "progressive" in A Prayer for Owen Meany.
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