as in overhaul
the act, process, or result of improving something by removing flaws, problems, etc.
They're calling for a complete reformation of the healthcare system.
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Trump has only sold his vision for this radical reformation of America to those close to him, and of course the conservative planners who developed his agenda.
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Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Despite his legal team's efforts to highlight his mental health struggles and reformation in prison, courts have consistently upheld his sentence.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025
Each era-ending crisis created a credible kind of drama: In real life, revolutions, reformations, migration, invasion, disasters, and so much else can reshape societies in fundamental ways.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2025
The dissolution and subsequent reformation of safety teams at OpenAI demonstrates the ongoing debate about how best to approach AI safety governance.
—Sol Rashidi, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Despite his legal team's efforts to highlight his mental health struggles and reformation in prison, courts have consistently upheld his sentence.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025
Each era-ending crisis created a credible kind of drama: In real life, revolutions, reformations, migration, invasion, disasters, and so much else can reshape societies in fundamental ways.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2025
The dissolution and subsequent reformation of safety teams at OpenAI demonstrates the ongoing debate about how best to approach AI safety governance.
—Sol Rashidi, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Reformation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reformation. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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