reform
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No reshuffle or reform can substitute for the legitimacy and accountability that an election provides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
However, he added he wanted to discuss how to turn the fair pay agreement into a bigger reform to lift up the social care workforce.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Before he became prime minister Burnham made the case for change, but on his recent visit to Wales he played down the prospect of reform.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
It depends on institutions capable of balancing continuity with reform, order with dissent, and national community with differences of region, language and belief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
As I watched the genuine affection of these merchant brothers, I wondered if I could reform a man like Samir, to make him honest.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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In a statement regarding the letter, the Home Office previously said the "concerns of communities" were central to its immigration reforms.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
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
Amanda Aragon Bernabe of NewMexicoKidsCAN, a leading advocate for the reforms, said the biggest victories involve laws requiring schools to test young children for reading progress and to notify parents of the results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Despite the investigations and promises of reforms, critics say underlying problems persist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
In answer to a question as to whether de-mocracy could be achieved through gradual reforms, I suggested it could.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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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
Andy Burnham has told the BBC "the NHS will collapse" if social care is not reformed but said he could not put a timeline on changes.
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
By 2016, the group reformed as a trio with Bennett, Slayton and new member Jazzy Mejia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
The unstructured blobs of irregular galaxies, the arms of spiral galaxies and the torus of ring galaxies exist for only a few frames in the cosmic motion picture, then dissipate, often to be reformed again.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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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
And it was about reforming the cultural structures that created and perpetuated those systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
It also is calling for reforming the congressional budget process.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji was mourned on Tuesday with lowered flags and social media commemorations, ahead of a funeral for the reforming trailblazer who died last week at 97.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
All around him men were walking silently with their thoughts, reforming their lives, making resolutions.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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