reforms

VERB

correct, rectify

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amend improve rebuild rehabilitate remake renovate reorganize repair resolve restore revise revolutionize standardize transform

STRONG

ameliorate better convert correct cure emend mend rearrange reclaim reconstitute reconstruct redeem refashion regenerate remedy remodel renew rework uplift

WEAK

bring up to code change one's ways clean up clean up one's act go straight make amends make over shape up swear off turn over a new leaf

Antonyms

STRONGEST

break damage destroy harm hurt injure ruin waver worsen

STRONG

abandon forfeit kill

WEAK

impair

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reforms

"Stalkers and abusers on 'indefinite' sentences up for release," is the Daily Mail's take on the reforms.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Goldman’s economists argue that currency revaluation would complement domestic reforms by sustaining growth as the trade surplus shrinks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

He’s named former Fed governor Jeremy Stein — someone who was cited in a Bessent speech on liquidity reforms — to lead a task force on the Fed balance sheet.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

Ashley said the High Street will be "further devastated" without major reforms, and warned Burnham's suggestion he will consider further business rates changes in the coming Budget are "too little, too late".

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Despite the reforms of the 1970s and early 1980s, inmate death in jails and prisons was still a serious problem.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson