be reformed

Example Sentences

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"But behind their words lies an entire legal framework that needs to be reformed," Saladrigas said.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

Current dog breeding practices will be reformed to tackle puppy farming as part of what the government calls "the biggest animal welfare reforms in a generation".

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025

If the political system and other institutions can be reformed too, so that they are seen to be working better for Americans, that could be helpful.

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2025

Mexican President Felipe Calderón first deployed soldiers into the streets to fight drug traffickers in 2006, promising then that the military would stay only until police could be reformed.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2025

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