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as in reformist
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Recent Examples of reformer
The effects of sanctions and bravery among younger citizens of Iran have led to a serious divide and a rise in support for reformers.
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
The Catholic Counter-Reformation, which took shape at the Council of Trent from 1545-1563, reinforced dogmatism in its effort to rebuke reformers.
—Joëlle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
However, traditional Pilates involves specialized equipment like the Pilates reformer, Pilates balls, lightweight hand weights, resistance bands, and Pilates rings.
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2025
Business & Economics How Progressives Legalized Usury In the early twentieth century, reformers united with capitalists to promote high-interest lending, overthrowing opposition to usury rooted in Christian tradition.
—JSTOR Daily, 11 Mar. 2025
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
The Catholic Counter-Reformation, which took shape at the Council of Trent from 1545-1563, reinforced dogmatism in its effort to rebuke reformers.
—Joëlle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
However, traditional Pilates involves specialized equipment like the Pilates reformer, Pilates balls, lightweight hand weights, resistance bands, and Pilates rings.
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2025
Business & Economics How Progressives Legalized Usury In the early twentieth century, reformers united with capitalists to promote high-interest lending, overthrowing opposition to usury rooted in Christian tradition.
—JSTOR Daily, 11 Mar. 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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Even technology optimists acknowledge that A.I. raises questions similar to those that the Luddites once posed.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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The European Union, optimists point out, did not unravel after Britain’s departure.—
Mark Landler,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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In the 100 days that followed, Hutu extremists slaughtered and raped hundreds of thousands of minority Tutsi and Hutu moderates.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2025
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Full Story Tax Watch GOP moderates fret over health care cuts Moderate Republicans are worried about health care budget cuts their party is pursuing to help pay for the tax cut extensions at the center of the GOP’s legislative agenda.—
Aris Folley,
The Hill,
21 Apr. 2025
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Prospective visitors, along with park proponents, are concerned about what the parks and experiences may look like after the sweeping layoffs across the National Park Service and the larger federal government in February.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Plan proponents saw this as a way to combat the district’s funding problems.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Apr. 2025
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But a committee of do-gooders, with Victorian ideas about feminine purity, doubt that a young girl could have committed such a brutal act.—
Bailey Seybolt,
People.com,
15 Apr. 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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Every Pope Listed in Order There have been 266 popes in the history of the Catholic Church, with the first one, Peter, leader of the apostles, heading the church starting in 32 A.D. The complete list of popes known to the church is as follows: 1.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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And some families go as far as cooking 12 fish dishes in honor of the apostles.—
Claudia Alarcón,
Forbes,
22 Dec. 2024
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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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The merger proposal drew concern from competing concert promoters and venue owners, who claimed at the time that combining Ticketmaster and Live Nation would force them to work with their largest competitor.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Apr. 2025
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The concept of WrestleMania was created by Vince McMahon, a second-generation wrestling promoter who served as the CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) for four decades before resigning from his role with the company in 2024.—
Mark LaSota,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Reformer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reformer. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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