reformer
noun
re·form·er
ri-ˈfȯr-mər 
1
: one that works for or urges reform
2
capitalized
: a leader of the Protestant Reformation
3
: an apparatus for cracking oils or gases to form specialized products
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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.
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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
The settlement closes the chapter on an unsuccessful effort by Florida’s largest State Attorney’s Office to bring in a reformer in the aftermath of an ethics crisis, during which prosecutors were thrown off a death penalty case and accused of misconduct.
—Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Another element of the cautionary tale is that no one likes a reformer all that much.
—Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2024
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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
The settlement closes the chapter on an unsuccessful effort by Florida’s largest State Attorney’s Office to bring in a reformer in the aftermath of an ethics crisis, during which prosecutors were thrown off a death penalty case and accused of misconduct.
—Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Another element of the cautionary tale is that no one likes a reformer all that much.
—Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Reformer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reformer. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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reformer
noun
re·form·er
ri-ˈfȯr-mər
: one that works for reform
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