Sentence examples for a retrograde step from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a retrograde step" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action or decision that is seen as a regression or a move backward in progress.
Example: "The new policy is viewed by many as a retrograde step that undermines years of advancement in employee rights."
Alternatives: "a backward move" or "a step backward".

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And they're a retrograde step.

Some think this a retrograde step.

I would call that a retrograde step".

It is a retrograde step, full stop".

Would indulging vapers be a retrograde step?

That, I think, would be a retrograde step.

Nationalism, anywhere, seems to me a retrograde step.

Cutting state pensions would be a retrograde step.

But others think Mr Spitzer's actions a retrograde step.

But if enforced to the extreme, it risks being a retrograde step.

There was a retrograde step, though, because different countries published their own codes.

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