How to Use regressive in a Sentence

regressive

adjective
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  • That’s one of the most regressive parts of our tax system….
    — Daniela Altimari, courant.com, 9 Feb. 2022
  • There is too much going on in this world to be regressive.
    — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Mar. 2018
  • That said, the tax cuts were large, though highly regressive.
    — Alan S. Blinder, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2020
  • The cuts are the most regressive possible tax on Alaskans.
    — Author: Jim Crawford | Opinion, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Jan. 2018
  • One one hand, better highways; on the other, the setting in stone of a regressive tax.
    — Frank Fellone, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2020
  • So in a way, it's felt a bit regressive going back to that during lockdown.
    — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Our regressive tax system … has the middle class paying more than double the rate the wealthy pay.
    — John O'Connor, The Seattle Times, 14 Jan. 2019
  • Jones said there is growing recognition of the regressive nature of the tax.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 27 Apr. 2023
  • This fixed idea of French girl style is not only regressive but classist, too.
    — Véronique Hyland, refinery29.com, 13 Mar. 2022
  • Kanso said the cut would make taxes even more regressive.
    — Jeff Amy, ajc, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Next to proposals like that — which would explode consumer prices and make the tax code far more regressive — Biden and Tai sound like free-traders.
    — Dylan Matthews, Vox, 27 June 2024
  • Tolling can be regressive, as a flat fee for road use takes a bigger bite out of a low-income commuters’ income.
    — oregonlive, 8 Oct. 2022
  • She was stressed about her new school and suddenly needed me more, and her regressive midnight screams were an easy way to get me.
    — Melinda Wenner Moyer, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2020
  • But there was also this background noise that felt so regressive.
    — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 12 July 2019
  • Well, how about getting your husband to be less regressive?
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 May 2021
  • Cinderella is, in a way, the most regressive fantasy of the Disney princess.
    — Erich Schwartzel, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2018
  • Inflation is, for the most part, a strongly regressive tax.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Daniels emphasizes that images like the one published to the Facebook page are regressive to the progress of racial equity.
    — Kalyn Dunkins | Kdunkins@al.com, al, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Sales taxes are the most regressive form of taxation, because poor people feel the burden more than the rich.
    — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The main narrative thrust of season three has been the students’ battle with Hope and her regressive policies.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Right now our system of taxation in this state is regressive.
    — Ben Joravsky, Chicago Reader, 20 Mar. 2018
  • If the Fed doesn’t act with due speed and skill, inflation—the most regressive tax of all—will do further harm, particularly to the least well-off.
    — Kevin Warsh, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2021
  • At the same time, there are dramatic human rights concerns around some of the regressive governments in place there.
    — Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
  • In both cases, half-baked, regressive, and disproven arguments are made again and again.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 20 Jan. 2021
  • And throughout much of our history, it’s been quite regressive.
    — Kk Ottesen, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022
  • King Charles seems almost bizarrely regressive, and Camilla doesn’t work for anybody.
    — Rachel Burchfield, Glamour, 21 Dec. 2020
  • However, amidst the regressive social landscape of the times, the lovers are forced to shield their relationship from the eyes of their family and friends.
    — Ineye Komonibo, Marie Claire, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Instead, white voices rise to the top, and regressive beliefs fester.
    — Jasper Craven, The New Republic, 28 Aug. 2020
  • The moms told Fox News Digital that the term is regressive by defining a woman on her ability to conceive a child.
    — Hannah Grossman, Fox News, 28 July 2022
  • It's widely accepted as a regressive tax, and the absolute worst way to fund new initiatives.
    — Nate Rau, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024

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