reforming

verb

Definition of reformingnext
present participle of reform
1
as in rehabilitating
to make better in behavior or character volunteers at a sanctuary that tries to reform dogs with behavior problems

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2
as in improving
to change one's behavior or character for the better a man who's been trying to reform ever since he got fired for missing too many days of work

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3
as in amending
to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from he had better reform his ways if he wants any of us to trust him

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reforming
  1. improving
  2. amending
  3. behaving
  4. correcting
  5. rewriting
Verb
  • Business development leaders must focus on how their products or services help customers meet their environmental goals, whether that means reducing emissions, improving efficiency or complying with new regulations.
    Barry Reicherter, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • These populations often face systemic healthcare biases and limited access to care, making early detection crucial for improving outcomes.
    Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of improving
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  • Lawmakers responded by amending the FBAR penalty regime in 1986.
    Robert Goulder, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • That would bar future legislatures from amending state law to authorize noncitizens to vote in local elections, as has been done in some jurisdictions outside of Iowa, Appel confirmed to Axios.
    Jason Clayworth, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of amending
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  • Remarkably, that turns out to be one of the least suspenseful moments of this movie that costars Justin Long as a badly-behaving landlord.
    Eric Andersson, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Many autistic individuals experience retaliation or mistreatment after disclosing their autistic identity or behaving in ways that deviate from neurotypical norms.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of behaving
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  • What measures have countries implemented to try preventing or correcting myopia in young people?
    Gary Stix, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024
  • And then the harder one is higher frequencies because that’s related to the distance of the ear buds transducer to your ear, and correcting for all those things.
    Andrew Williams, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of correcting
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  • To complicate matters, Baker was often rewriting the night before, embracing and discarding ideas about the violent paces the characters would put each other through.
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Maduro subsequently announced the formation of a new Constituent Assembly, tasked with rewriting the constitution.
    Adriana Erthal Abdenur, Foreign Affairs, 9 Aug. 2017
Definition of rewriting
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