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reform

[ri-fawrm] / rɪˈfɔrm /


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The government is planning to reform the CMS by moving all parents on to Collect and Pay and reducing the fees it charges.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

The presidency said Macron's determination to see the reform implemented remained undiminished.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Flock has claimed the company will reform its policies to address these issues, but history suggests it would be unwise to trust them.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

Any reform plan from a committee would still require lawmakers to cast a difficult vote exposing them to charges of overtaxing working Americans or stiffing retirees.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

But our response to crime remains a blunt and expensive instrument that more often seems to scar the criminal than reform him.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

But others question the effectiveness of the California’s good-government reforms and merits of the self-glorification that followed.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

The decision is a victory for Macron, who promised the law after his re-election in 2022, marking one of France's biggest social reforms since same-sex marriage was legalised in 2012.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Helen Dickinson, the chief executive of British Retail Consortium, questioned whether the reforms would "actually deliver value for workers" because of the cost to businesses.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

For a period in the 1990s and early 2000s, it looked as if the country might be on a path toward lasting reforms and a greater openness to the rest of the world.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

It took months for the outside world to learn of economic reforms that eased restrictions on private markets in North Korea in 2002.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Even some Canadian economists and pundits have called for it to be dismantled or reformed.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

The message, which was shown in white writing on a black screen, continued: "Public media now will be reformed so it will be independent and trustworthy. Our news programme is currently suspended. Stay tuned!"

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

The words scattered, then reformed, and the same word flashed.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji was mourned on Tuesday with lowered flags and social media commemorations, ahead of a funeral for the reforming trailblazer who died last week at 97.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

At his debut press conference, he vowed to face down "multitudinous minefields and 30,000-metre abysses" in reforming China.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

She wrote to Burnham: "The Conservatives are happy to work with you and other parties on reforming social care. But we will only support a solution that abides by two core principles."

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

When I was reforming public schools I sat in them every week.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Knowing that punishing Louie would only provoke his defiance, Louise took a surreptitious route toward reforming him.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand




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