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reformation

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




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"It also aims to prevent the reformation of a criminal organisation that existed until a few years ago," he told a news conference.

From BBC May 28, 2026

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

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

We have gone through a pretense of truce and reformation, straight into deadlock.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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

She was a better manager than little Mrs. Bullivant, and made drastic reformations in many directions, several of which were ungratefully received by the older members of the community.

From The War-Workers by E.M. Delafield

And these reformations, being in Christendom, will be calmly claimed in the future, as in the present, as due to the beneficent influence of the Church.

From Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures by Helen H. (Helen Hamilton) Gardener

In former reformations, our worthy ancestors used to begin with renovation of the national covenants, and acknowledgments of the breaches thereof, which hitherto hath been neglected, to the great grief of many.

From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by John Howie




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