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reformation

[ref-er-mey-shuhn] / ˌrɛf ərˈmeɪ ʃən /




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However, the amount of reformation each winter is in decline, as rising temperatures due to climate change disproportionately affect the Arctic.

From Barron's Mar. 26, 2026

Deputy Chief Magistrate Sharon Freund said there was a reformation of the case after two alleged victims withdrew, though there was no explanation as to why they were no longer part of the case.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2025

After three stays of execution, Ramirez has run out of opportunities to appeal, and despite having shown evidence of reformation, the pleas by those in Ramirez’s corner go unheard.

From Salon Mar. 1, 2025

"Our study shows that spiny mouse macrophages release distinct proteins that are partially responsible for the reformation of specialized tissues at the site of injury and for protecting cells from stress," said Seifert.

From Science Daily Jan. 25, 2024

‘The main Design,’ wrote Hooke in 1665, of his own efforts and those of the Royal Society, was ‘a reformation in Philosophy’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Ironically, “the” Reformation as the sundering of Christian unity was at least in part the product of prosaic reformations already occurring within the Church.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2020

In Germany and Russia, political reformations of the world were attempted.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I am sure you will," said Philip, who had yet to learn that these final reformations of Timothy's were of a recurrent character.

From A Knight on Wheels by Ian Hay

The actual church is always falling short of its profession; but its successive reformations witness to the strength of its longing after the beauty of holiness.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

In the famous Dartmoor prison and at Borstal in Kent experiments are being made to secure a greater number of reformations among the younger convicts.

From A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science by James Leslie Allan Kayll




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