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 For organizers who gathered, the demand goes beyond reforming how the technology is used. — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 In parallel, the United Kingdom is also seeking to accelerate its own regulatory processes by reforming its framework for rare disease therapies. — Kimberley Jane Barnes, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 All In Now, released in May, marked the group’s second LP since reforming in 2023 after a two-decade break. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026 Some members sought to amend the resolution to call for reforming ICE rather than abolishing it. — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2026 The pop-country sibling trio The Band Perry surprised fans by announcing an indefinite hiatus in 2023, and shocked them by reforming as the husband-and-wife duo of Kimberly Perry and Johnny Costello in 2025. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Aug. 2026 The agency’s leaders are also reforming practices in its two shelters, following an outside review released last month. — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026 In Venezuela, perhaps the biggest barrier to reforming the health system is the cost. — Alfie Pannell, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026 For his contributions to reforming education in Ladakh, Wangchuk was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award, a prestigious Asia-wide honor presented for selfless and transformative service to society, in 2018. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026

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Instead, both men have focused on rehabilitating AI’s image into something that exists in harmony with humanity.

— T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Several countries in Europe have set models for rehabilitating a democracy with fair and judicial retribution against former officials deemed accountable for wrongdoing.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2026

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Pawloski said Amazon seemed to invest fewer resources into improving MTurk at the same time as more data labeling services arrived, causing many turkers to shift to competing platforms.

— Annie Palmer, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
The broader shift is that AI content quality is improving while the barrier to creation is becoming lower.

— Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of improving

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The complex legislation — added by gutting and amending a bill known as Senate Bill 492 — was introduced less than three days before the legislative session was to end Monday.

— Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
For a better harvest, Glassey recommends amending the soil before planting fig trees in rocky terrain.

— Rachel Gillett, Martha Stewart, 27 Aug. 2026

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The only redeeming aspect of the show happens here, on a ski slope, when their youngest daughter Valentina, who was born with Down syndrome, is treated to a lesson via an adaptive ski school.

— Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
The future customer relationship may include wagering on a game, traveling to see it, redeeming points for a hotel and using additional rewards to access tickets or entertainment.

— Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of redeeming

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Anybody can be charming to a powerful boss, an attractive stranger, or a potentially useful client; character is more diagnostic when there is little reputational or instrumental benefit to behaving well.

— Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
SwRI’s new toy for sCO₂ testing Their job is to control where and how quickly CO₂ enters the rock formation, prevent unwanted fluids moving around the well, and generally keep the reservoir behaving as intended.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of behaving

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As starlight streams through the telescope, those actuators subtly reshape the mirrors in real time, correcting for imperfections in the telescope's optics smaller than the width of a strand of DNA.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Here’s how to figure out the cause, along with tips for correcting and preventing the problem.

— Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of correcting

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Both candidates appear to be rewriting their past support while accusing the other of changing their tune.

— Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Boorman and Rospo Pallenberg kept rewriting the script (because no one really knew what the movie was about), and Richard Burton was too dour and old and hungover.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 Aug. 2026

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