reformer

Example Sentences

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But so far the discreet American has drawn less fervour than Argentine reformer Pope Francis, who died last April after leading the world's 1.4 billion Catholics for 12 years.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

That helped turn her into a political reformer.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

On the way in, I had seen women in the reformer room chatting animatedly as they packed up.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

She told the conference "I was a reformer at the Ministry of Justice. I will be a reformer at the Home Office too."

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

In Boston, Wendell Phillips, Abolitionist and reformer, commended those who looked “upon that gibbet of John Brown, not as the scaffold of a felon, but as the cross of a martyr.”

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry