RETROGRESS Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

retrogress

verb

ˌre-trə-ˈgres

Definition of retrogress

as in to revert

to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level the quality of research at the university lab has begun to retrogress since the massive budget cuts went into effect

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Recent Examples of retrogress After the 1960s, after the switch in—the shift in the strategy to gaining political clout, a lot of those trends stalled, slowed, even retrogressed. — WSJ, 3 July 2017 This annual limit, and the intense global demand has created significant back logs, particularly for applicants from India and China, whose EB-2 priority dates have continually retrogressed. — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 3 Jan. 2026

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The effect hasn’t mean-reverted.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 June 2026
These returns do not revert in subsequent trading days and are orders of magnitude larger than those outside the 24-hour pre-FOMC window.

— George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

Definition of revert

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Season 42 continues on Monday with Caleb Groen returning as champion to face two new challengers.

— USA TODAY Staff, USA Today, 6 July 2026
In 2023 and 2024, Moreno rebuffed trade offers for Shohei Ohtani that could have returned the likes of Junior Caminero or Jackson Merrill.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

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