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Recent Examples of reformer
Can reformers find a new message? Dec. 6, 2024
That sentiment was echoed by Isa Borgeson, campaign manager at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights.
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Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Progressive reformers viewed this as a modern evil just like unsafe working conditions and the excessive power of trusts.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 28 Jan. 2025
Worse still for reformers, Garfield's vice president, Chester Alan Arthur, suddenly elevated to the top job, had climbed the ranks of dirty machine politics, enjoying the fruits of the spoils system along the way.
—Mo Rocca, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2025
Jacksonian patronage became the target for progressive reformers in the late 19th century.
—Peter Kastor, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
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Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Progressive reformers viewed this as a modern evil just like unsafe working conditions and the excessive power of trusts.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 28 Jan. 2025
Worse still for reformers, Garfield's vice president, Chester Alan Arthur, suddenly elevated to the top job, had climbed the ranks of dirty machine politics, enjoying the fruits of the spoils system along the way.
—Mo Rocca, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2025
Jacksonian patronage became the target for progressive reformers in the late 19th century.
—Peter Kastor, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reformer
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On the left, contemporary progressives have denounced the original progressive for his horrific opinions of black Americans.—
Christian Schneider,
National Review,
20 Feb. 2025
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Nor will American progressives have an intellectual base from which to confront the huge challenges now facing the world, challenges that can be addressed only through cooperation among powerful states.—
Anatol Lieven,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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This will be used as a proof point by both venture capital optimists and pessimists, as industry sentiment gets increasingly bifurcated.—
Dan Primack,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
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An optimist would say that the Hogs’ upcoming schedule at least offers some shot at getting back on track.—
Brendan Marks,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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Biden and Harris managed to be seen as both insufficiently pro-Isreal by many Jewish voters and moderates but also anti-Palestinian in the eyes of progressives and Arab voters.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
7 Mar. 2025
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The question is whether enough wavering moderates will buy in without knowing how the blueprint will overhaul the safety net program.—
Andrew Solender,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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There’s much misinformation about who actually pays tariffs Trump is a proponent of tariffs, insisting that they are paid for by foreign countries.—
Paul Wiseman,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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Ilya Shapiro, a senior fellow and director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, is also a staunch free speech proponent.—
Tovia Smith,
NPR,
3 Mar. 2025
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The Little Maria controversy did no favors for human-rights activists, either, whom the government liked to paint as feckless—or even as smugglers masquerading as do-gooders.—
Lauren Markham,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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But there’s not so much of it that the department cannot devote half of its tiny force to investigating the theft of a few hundred bucks from the donation bowl at a charity event, hosted by Hank to burnish his own reputation as a do-gooder.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Feb. 2025
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Among the pieces are two sketches of the 12 apostles (the disciples of Jesus in the New Testament), which Pope Julius II, who commissioned the work, wanted Michelangelo to include in the upper corners of the ceiling, but whose likeness was ultimately scrapped by the artist.—
Bailey Berg,
AFAR Media,
6 Mar. 2025
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Constructed above the tomb of Saint Peter, who was one of the twelve apostles, the altar is considered one of the holiest sites in Christianity.—
Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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The documentary significantly adds to the origin story, tracing Reubens’ early days and infatuation with TV kids’ shows and Disney movies — Pollyanna was a favorite — and fleshing out the family’s move to Florida.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
24 Jan. 2025
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But isn’t the cynical explanation also the Pollyanna one?—
Maya Singer,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2025
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Like other concert promoters and talent buyers, Slusher does a lot of research before booking a band or solo artist.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
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Jamaican promoters Sunnation have perfected the art of the high-end breakfast party in both Trinidad and Jamaica, with their Jamaica fete ensconced as the place to see-and-be-seen at Jamaica Carnival each April.—
Baz Dreisinger,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Reformer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reformer. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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