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synonyms for reform

  • amend
  • improve
  • rebuild
  • rehabilitate
  • remake
  • renovate
  • reorganize
  • repair
  • resolve
  • restore
  • revise
  • revolutionize
  • standardize
  • transform
  • ameliorate
  • better
  • convert
  • correct
  • cure
  • emend
  • mend
  • rearrange
  • reclaim
  • reconstitute
  • reconstruct
  • redeem
  • refashion
  • regenerate
  • remedy
  • remodel
  • renew
  • rework
  • uplift
  • 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 for reform

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  • break
  • damage
  • destroy
  • harm
  • hurt
  • injure
  • ruin
  • waver
  • worsen
  • abandon
  • forfeit
  • kill
  • impair
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How to use reform in a sentence

Some lawmakers, including presidential candidate Joe Biden, have suggested that the way forward on police reform is to help improve relations between the community and police by increasing the number of positive interactions between the two groups.
THE POLICING REFORMS IN THE BREONNA TAYLOR SETTLEMENT, EXPLAINEDFABIOLA CINEASSEPTEMBER 17, 2020VOX
Setting far more fires will require sweeping regulatory reforms to streamline the approvals process.
SUPPRESSING FIRES HAS FAILED. HERE’S WHAT CALIFORNIA NEEDS TO DO INSTEAD.JAMES TEMPLESEPTEMBER 17, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
San Diego County also threw its support Tuesday behind a November ballot measure that asks Californians to undo several criminal justice reforms passed by voters over the last decade.
MORNING REPORT: THE DREADED PURPLE TIERVOICE OF SAN DIEGOSEPTEMBER 16, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
It’s part of American tradition, but we need to get to a suite of solutions to deal with police reform.
WHY JEB BUSH ADMIRES ANDREW YANGNICK FOURIEZOSSEPTEMBER 8, 2020OZY
He said he spoke out about it to ProPublica because he opposes Medicare-for-all health care reform proposals.
A DOCTOR WENT TO HIS OWN EMPLOYER FOR A COVID-19 ANTIBODY TEST. IT COST $10,984.BY MARSHALL ALLENSEPTEMBER 5, 2020PROPUBLICA
Two major policing reforms also failed to get a vote in time.
SACRAMENTO REPORT: 3 TAKEAWAYS FROM A WILD LEGISLATIVE SESSIONSARA LIBBYSEPTEMBER 4, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
The unrest in places like Kenosha happens as local leaders show an inability to enact basic police reforms like firing police officers known for misconduct.
KENOSHA’S LOOTING IS A SYMPTOM OF A DECREPIT DEMOCRACYAARON ROSS COLEMANSEPTEMBER 4, 2020VOX
She was part of a small wave of reform-minded prosecutors around the country promising to bring new transparency and fairness to the work.
AS TRUMP CALLS FOR LAW AND ORDER, CAN CHICAGO’S TOP PROSECUTOR BEAT THE CHARGE THAT SHE’S SOFT ON CRIME?BY MICK DUMKESEPTEMBER 4, 2020PROPUBLICA
The third leg of their reform agenda is about money in politics.
AMERICA’S HIDDEN DUOPOLY (EP. 356 REBROADCAST)STEPHEN J. DUBNERSEPTEMBER 3, 2020FREAKONOMICS
That a number of them have started organizations to support voting reform.
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