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reform

[ri-fawrm] / rɪˈfɔrm /


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Scott called on the government to act on the recommendations from module four of the Covid public inquiry and reform the scheme.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

By the 1980s, though, he was endorsing immigration reform and protections, especially in the face of President Reagan’s recession-era 1982 “Operation Jobs” sweeps.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

She had no experience running a major operation like a federal department, and no reform agenda of the sort pursued by Mr. Trump’s first-term labor secretaries, Alexander Acosta and Eugene Scalia.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Proposals to reform PIP are due to be unveiled by the government in the autumn after an interim report published in the summer found the benefit was not fit for purpose.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

In addition to suffrage, Victoria Woodhull's political platform called for labor reform, nationalizing railroads, prison reform, and rewriting the tax code.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Rodriguez, who is governing under Washington's watchful eye since the January ouster of Nicolas Maduro, has submitted power industry reforms to lawmakers, but they have not yet been approved.

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

Agencies and courts will need time to define the scope of litigation reforms, and new transmission policy will take years to implement.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

In 2020, then president Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed him to head a committee on legal reforms.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

Despite the investigations and promises of reforms, critics say underlying problems persist.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

The notion that all of these reforms can be accomplished piecemeal—one at a time, through disconnected advocacy strategies—seems deeply misguided.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

"The health service needs reformed... but reform needs to be done appropriately and it needs to be done in conjunction with the public."

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

The university also hired a new provost and new deans and reformed its discipline policies to make them “more consistent, fair and effective,” Garber has said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

The show became cult viewing in Australia - and the team reformed to tour the country in 2005 - but the BBC never repeated it in the UK, something that annoyed the three performers.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

A week later, he voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill, which reformed Medicaid.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Some scientists have theorized that Miranda's piecemeal structure is the result of a massive impact that broke the moon into several pieces that—held together by her gravity—were reformed into something entirely unique.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

The plans for reforming the shape and size of the health service in Scotland were set out by Swinney in his programme for government speech on Tuesday.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

Nevertheless, advocates focused on reforming the state’s utilities sought this year to seize the moment to enact tough regulations, including forcing data centers to pay for transmission upgrades and wildfire mitigation efforts.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

For Burnham, the fix lies partly in reforming the education system.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

It also is calling for reforming the congressional budget process.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

The blue troops seemed to be pulling back that way, retreating, reforming.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara




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