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reform

[ri-fawrm] / rɪˈfɔrm /


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Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth said the Scottish government already offered free transport for a range of groups, while public service reform represented an opportunity to "push power out" to communities around the country.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

In her statement, Somerville said tackling poverty was at the heart of the Scottish government's plans for public service reform including tailoring services for individual needs in an approach known as "whole-family support".

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Translating political momentum into lasting economic reform will be a much harder task.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Mr. Fain won election in 2023 by fewer than 500 votes on a promise of reform, but his tenure has been marred by allegations of misconduct and financial mismanagement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The governor of Texas, Mark White, appointed Perot to head a committee on educational reform.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

That means only about 83% of all earnings covered by the program are subject to the payroll tax, compared with 90% in 1983, when the last major reforms to Social Security were passed.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

The U.K. government has implemented a series of reforms to make London a more competitive place to list.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The report comes three months after a federal judge ordered sweeping reforms at the facility and appointed two court monitors to assess the conditions at the facility.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Tinubu has said the reforms averted an even greater crisis as the subsidy grew fiscally unsustainable.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

As a result, the contrast between musical styles in around 1500 and those of fifty years later, at the height of the European religious reforms, is dramatic.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Since banning them has thus far proven unpopular and ineffective, the question seems to be: Can fraternities be reformed?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

The letter to Chancellor John Healey does not specify a particular plan signatories would like to be reformed, nor does it name a particular nation.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

A week later, he voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill, which reformed Medicaid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

He added, “P.S. I notice that Polly has not reformed one bit. That parrot makes me blush.”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

At present, hydrogen produced through methane-steam reforming costs about $1.50 per kilogram, while green hydrogen costs roughly $5 per kilogram.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

When former leader Deng Xiaoping toured the U.S. in 1979, eager to bind a reforming China to the West, he famously donned a 10-gallon cowboy hat at a Texas rodeo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The aim is to introduce more transparency to this practice as a prelude to reforming it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The plans for reforming the shape and size of the health service in Scotland were set out by Swinney in his programme for government speech on Tuesday.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Although Robben Island was becoming more open, there was as yet still no sign that the state was reforming its views.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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