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Recent Examples of reformer
Currently, the Fair Labor Standards Act provides some protections against child labor but, before that, reformers were pushing for a total end to child labor through the Child Labor Amendment.
To be ratified today, 38 states would need to approve the amendment.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
La Chimera a film directed by Alice Rohrwacher Gary Saul Morson
With Liberals Like These
Twice in modern Russian history—in 1905 and in 1985—liberal reformers have gained influence only to be succeeded by autocratic regimes.
—The New York Review of Books, 22 Nov. 2024
When the pendulum swung during the Progressive Era, reformers pushed the government to impose new rules that gave workers a better quality of life and a fairer chance at upward mobility.
—Peter Georgescu, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
MacKay went to Congress in 1982 and became a budget and spending reformer and helped to deauthorize the Cross-Florida Barge Canal.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2025
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
La Chimera a film directed by Alice Rohrwacher Gary Saul Morson
With Liberals Like These
Twice in modern Russian history—in 1905 and in 1985—liberal reformers have gained influence only to be succeeded by autocratic regimes.
—The New York Review of Books, 22 Nov. 2024
When the pendulum swung during the Progressive Era, reformers pushed the government to impose new rules that gave workers a better quality of life and a fairer chance at upward mobility.
—Peter Georgescu, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
MacKay went to Congress in 1982 and became a budget and spending reformer and helped to deauthorize the Cross-Florida Barge Canal.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reformer
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But Bass has faced some of the fiercest criticism, being the leader of the city as well as a noted progressive who defeated a wealthy former Republican to win the mayoral race in 2022.—
Julia Manchester,
The Hill,
14 Jan. 2025
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More politics news: Former President Jimmy Carter was remembered as a compassionate Christian and an ahead-of-his-time progressive at his funeral at the Washington National Cathedral.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC News,
10 Jan. 2025
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The pair took the hotel into a second Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1989, which Crawford, ever the optimist, referred to as a Chapter 22, Isenberg said.—
Aldo Svaldi,
The Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2025
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Van der Lugt thinks the pessimist’s is more motivating and sees a danger in the optimist’s, because if things look so generally bright, why should anyone get off the couch?—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Patel will need the support of both moderates and conservatives to be confirmed.—
Stephen Neukam,
Axios,
30 Jan. 2025
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Trump will need to straddle the fine line between delivering on his many, wide-ranging and radical proposals and not going beyond what voters, particularly independents and moderates, find too extreme.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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White-Cain is a proponent of the prosperity theology, which is centered around financial and physical well-being being done through the will of God.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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Others might argue that Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos is an enthusiastic proponent of freedom of expression.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2025
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But in a twist, the social media do-gooder gave the boy the money too.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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The do-gooder studio launched by billionaire Jeff Skoll ceased formal operations last April, Variety reported exclusively.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2025
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Brigham Young and the 11 other apostles had to draw strings to see who was going to talk to be the next prophet.—
Abbey White,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Jan. 2025
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Erastus Snow was an apostle from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in charge of Arizona colonization.—
Zach Bradshaw,
The Arizona Republic,
18 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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Lester was also a large promoter of agriculture for the county and state.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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Concert venues, party promoters and event creators are pulling out all of the stops, presenting a bevy of opportunities for Chicagoans to celebrate the big day, whether with their beloved or with a group of friends.—
Britt Julious,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Reformer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reformer. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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