REFORMING Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

reforming

verb

present participle of reform

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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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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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 reforming Over time, the objectives of this opposition have shifted from reforming the regime to challenging its authority. — Mansoor Moaddel, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026 The population consisted of workers transforming the strip of land to be habitable, even desirable, reforming the cluster into a model of hospitality. — Erin Parish, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026 The decade-plus of legal oversight of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department, criminal justice experts have said, offers insight into the difficulties of reforming law enforcement agencies charged with endemic racial bias. — Yana Kunichoff, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2026 Now, there’s a growing coalition trying to revive condo construction in California by reforming a decades-old law that housing advocates and developers say has put a stranglehold on condo development. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Both floated other ideas like reforming the child tax credit, which is not a block grant and thus would not have the demand problem that the existing childcare subsidy program already has. — Helen Huiskes, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2026 Make a case for reforming Social Security and Medicare to preserve it for current and future generations. — Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026 Getting real relief for our healthcare affordability woes is a gargantuan challenge that involves reforming many different parts of the system. — Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 5 Sep. 2026 At those meetings, emergency managers from powerful states led by Republican governors, including Texas and Florida, discussed the importance of reforming FEMA, but did not publicly advocate for eliminating it. — Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026

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The nonprofit provides lifelong care for aging, retired, rescued, and rehabilitating horses, while also offering volunteer opportunities and summer camps to teach kids about horse care.

— Kaley Fedko, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
City staff are proposing a second bond of the same size to pay for building, preserving and rehabilitating more apartments, single-family homes and shelters.

— Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2026

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Boston Dynamics’ approach focuses on improving the connection between engineering and manufacturing, with faster component production and assembly intended to support more rapid development.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Seaport upgrades Ralliant to buy from neutral Seaport said the outlook is improving.

— Michael Bloom, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of improving

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Walls, in contrast, supports amending the policy so those charged with certain offenses no longer qualify for pretrial release.

— Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
At the ballot box, voters have overwhelmingly rejected major pieces of the party’s agenda, including an effort to weaken their power to bypass the legislature by amending the constitution or putting laws passed by lawmakers to a statewide vote.

— Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of amending

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Despite these issues, salty whey still has one redeeming quality.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026
One thing regulators are not going to do is kill the idea of exchanging securities for shares, because all the big ETFs rely on redeeming and creating units that aren’t taxable as part of their daily operations.

— Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

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For instance, Siri’s lack of thinking power compared with other ultra-smart AI agents means that there’s far less of a chance of going rogue, or behaving in eerie ways.

— Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Rather than behaving independently, their interactions begin to constrain how the material changes.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of behaving

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What can wait beyond the first day Some recovery tasks will continue beyond the first day, including disputing fraudulent accounts, correcting credit reports and following up with creditors.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
During practice, Blanco runs the mariachi through the setlist, correcting an out-of-tune student and improving an intonation.

— Jessica Hill, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of correcting

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The findings are rewriting how specialists think about one of the most common and most dismissed complaints in women’s health.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026
The activities bleed treacherously into each other—editing can involve rewriting, and writing, certainly in my case anyway, involves self-editing.

— Lola Seaton, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026

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