How to Use regress in a Sentence

regress

1 of 2 noun
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  • But when schools shut down, Michelle O’Neal saw Janae regress in reading and math.
    — Perry Stein, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Mar. 2022
  • When their aunt and uncle are over, the kids’ own manners regress.
    — Miss Manners | Judith Martin, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Stafford plays well in a tough spot and gets the Lions shockingly above .500 while the Colts regress more to the mean.
    — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Are they all destined to regress in the second year of their careers?
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Offensive woes may not be new but did the bullpen regress from last year?
    — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Herbert broke rookie records and looked like there will be no regress in his first game of 2021.
    — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2021
  • There is such a thing as regress, for which the evidence is all too ample.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The great dream of the Enlightenment was progress; the great dread of epidemic is regress.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Well, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2021
  • School-age kids may become clingy or appear to regress.
    — Marion Hart, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Now let’s turn to physics, in which the problem of infinite regress is deeper.
    — Quanta Magazine, 6 Feb. 2020
  • If a few teams regress and the defense continues to get better, the Tigers might be in business.
    — Usa Today Sports Network, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Turning the clock back would be social regress, not reform.
    — Richard Morrison, National Review, 23 Nov. 2020
  • The guys also give a short recap of the Jazz’s regular season — one that saw them regress record-wise.
    — Xoel Cardenas, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Our question: To what extent, if any, will the offensive line regress?
    — oregonlive, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Kaepernick's play started to regress in 2014 and he got hurt halfway through the next season and lost his starting job.
    — Josh Dubow, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2022
  • Hachimura and Avdija regress while Kyle Kuzma fails to live up to his contract.
    — Christopher Dodson, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Which is to regress in time, to invade childhood or injustice.
    — Ilana Luna, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2022
  • Even if Drew Brees regresses or gets hurt, the running game can carry the offense.
    — Steven Ruiz, For The Win, 1 May 2018
  • Just the Jags' luck that as soon as the offense begins ascending, the defense regresses.
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2019
  • But as G League Ignite’s season progressed, Kuminga seemed to regress.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 July 2021
  • There will be an ebb and flow of performances during the next three months as teams grow in experience or regress due to injuries or poor play.
    — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Logan continued to receive a partial school day for years as Pearson watched him regress.
    — Sarah Butrymowicz, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Defensively, Wood might as well have not even been on the court, and actually seemed to somehow regress last season from the previous year.
    — Rahat Huq, Chron, 21 June 2022
  • Any could age or develop or regress in unexpected ways.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 July 2022
  • In theory, demand is easy to forecast: regress demand against income growth and prices, dataseries of which can be downloaded in seconds.
    — Michael Lynch, Forbes, 6 June 2022
  • Several months after moving in, Ziona started to regress.
    — New York Times, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Some have called for a special counsel to investigate the special counsel, but that way lies infinite regress.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Venezuela remains the most dramatic case of democratic regress in Latin America.
    — The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Having each side’s fact-checkers checked by the other side’s fact-checkers could lead to an infinite regress toward an uncertain truth.
    — Stephen J. Ceci, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2020
  • Defense dominates the second Washington State scrimmage while the QBs regress.
    — oregonlive, 25 Oct. 2020
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regress

2 of 2 verb
  • The patient is regressing to a childlike state.
  • Their bullpen was lights out, but a bullpen is bound to regress.
    — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Avoid the temptation to regress to the old way of doing things.
    — Jeanne Hardy, Forbes, 8 June 2021
  • Why do so many players regress when the plane lands in San Diego?
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2023
  • The Ravens have a plus-7 turnover margin that is tied for third in the league, but that’s started to regress a bit lately.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 24 Dec. 2022
  • But with fewer games and some easy matchups, Fields' numbers won’t regress too far.
    — Christopher Smith, al, 9 Nov. 2020
  • The defense, despite losing three first-round picks to the NFL draft, hasn’t regressed.
    — C.j. Doon, baltimoresun.com, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Here's another piece by Hale about how volatile turnovers are as a statistic likely to regress to the mean.
    — Fletcher Page, Cincinnati.com, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Some of the shine came off of Dorsey’s picks, including Mayfield, who regressed in Year 2.
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 31 Dec. 2019
  • The Cardinals have some room to regress a little on defense.
    — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2021
  • And when Michigan State didn’t have a running game, Thorne regressed.
    — Matt Cohen | [email protected], al, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Last night’s show said something else: Time may be up, but time also has a way of regressing to the mean.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2020
  • This process can drag on for months while vital services are put on hold and students may regress.
    — John M. McLaughlin, WSJ, 5 July 2020
  • Jones showed promise his first season but has regressed in each of the last two seasons.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Sevyn Banks dealt with his fair share of ailments but also seemed to regress in terms of performance.
    — Stephen Means, cleveland, 5 Dec. 2021
  • While the college game was birthed in New Jersey, the state’s biggest program has regressed to look pubescent.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2019
  • They can also be grown from mature cells taken from you or me and regressed to a stem cell-like state.
    — Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 13 June 2023
  • Counties used to regress only if their metrics fell in the range of a more restrictive tier for two straight weeks.
    — Luke Money, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Some authors, like Sebastian, refuse to believe the genre will regress.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Which is to regress in time, to invade childhood or injustice.
    — Ilana Luna, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
  • The overwhelming likelihood is — not far off a certainty, in fact — that the scoring rate will regress to the mean.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2020
  • This division belongs to the 49ers right now, and the Seahawks aren’t regressing any time soon.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The Gators offensive line has regressed after losing four starters from the 2018 team.
    — Christopher Smith, al, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Obviously, the scoring was bound to regress some, but the attempts are what concern me.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2021
  • And Urías had regressed before missing six weeks with a hamstring strain.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
  • But Hurts regressed this season with Johnson calling the plays.
    — Rob Maaddi, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Packers Aaron Rodgers always makes the Packers a threat, though his play regressed some last season.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 28 May 2020
  • On a relative basis, the Utes appear to have regressed.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
  • In the minors, while Cody Bradford has stepped forward, former first-rounder Cole Winn has regressed.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 6 June 2023
  • White, a transfer from USC, didn’t experience those lows from last season, but was adamant the loss didn’t mean the Cards regressed.
    — The Courier-Journal, 20 Jan. 2024

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