How to Use regressive in a Sentence
regressive
adjective-
That made the laws regressive, but no group looked worse off.
—
Emily Badger,
New York Times,
13 June 2025
-
This would be a regressive tax that burdens the poor the most.
—
Mercury News Readers,
The Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2017
-
Only then will folks like me want to vote for this regressive tax.
—
Steve Glazer,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
-
That said, the tax cuts were large, though highly regressive.
—
Alan S. Blinder,
WSJ,
21 Oct. 2020
-
And let alone regressive — how about boring?
—
Natalia Winkelman,
Variety,
27 May 2026
-
Who bears the real cost The ghost tax is regressive.
—
Ascend Agency,
Mercury News,
20 May 2026
-
But there was also this background noise that felt so regressive.
—
Mattie Kahn,
Glamour,
12 July 2019
-
Sales taxes are the most regressive.
—
Joseph Gerics,
Hartford Courant,
3 Mar. 2026
-
Critics called them agents of a regressive right-wing agenda.
—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
8 June 2026
-
So in a way, it's felt a bit regressive going back to that during lockdown.
—
Meredith Carey,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Nov. 2020
-
Right now our system of taxation in this state is regressive.
—
Ben Joravsky,
Chicago Reader,
20 Mar. 2018
-
The answer to a regressive design is a fair design.
—
Teresa Ghilarducci,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
-
That regressive design has led able thinkers to the wrong conclusion.
—
Teresa Ghilarducci,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
-
This acts as a regressive, unavoidable tax.
—
Katica Roy,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
-
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
-
In many ways, the character might be viewed as regressive in a modern context.
—
Ira Madison Iii,
GQ,
20 June 2017
-
One one hand, better highways; on the other, the setting in stone of a regressive tax.
—
Frank Fellone,
Arkansas Online,
26 Sep. 2020
-
Will voters in the deep-blue State of Oregon vote for a regressive sales tax?
—
Bill Conerly,
National Review,
26 Sep. 2024
-
At the time the genre was overwhelmingly male, and regressive in many other ways, too.
—
Robert Minto,
New Republic,
7 Sep. 2017
-
Jones said there is growing recognition of the regressive nature of the tax.
—
Mike Cason | [email protected],
al,
27 Apr. 2023
-
Those of us who love the restorative peace of national parks will just keep fighting such regressive bills.
—
Stephen Trimble,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
-
Property tax increases might be the most regressive of all of them.
—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Aug. 2025
-
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
-
Putting a tax on food is probably the most regressive idea imaginable.
—
George Cardenas,
Chicago Tribune,
1 July 2025
-
Now is not the time to give up or cede ground to the regressive forces shaping national policy.
—
Nkechi Taifa,
Baltimore Sun,
28 July 2025
-
In both cases, half-baked, regressive, and disproven arguments are made again and again.
—
Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
20 Jan. 2021
-
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
-
Leaders who know something is wrong but have absorbed the lesson that naming it marks them as regressive.
—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
-
This is regressive taxation as the tax burden shifts from the wealthy to everyone else.
—
Ben Joravsky,
Chicago Reader,
31 Oct. 2017
-
Gone, then, was the deeply regressive spirit of the literacy test.
—
Robert Polner,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2026
Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'regressive.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Last Updated:
