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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How to do it: Sit on a Pilates reformer short box with your feet flat on the reformer (tucked under a strap) hip-width apart.
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Danielle Zickl, SELF, 7 Feb. 2025
The reformers driving this movement believed in human progress, scientific management, the use of government power for the public good, and replacing political patronage with the hiring of experts.
—Johnathan K Williams / Made By History, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
Florence Kelley was a social reformer who campaigned against child labor and for a minimum wage.
—Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
As for reformers' top goals like squeezing public records and committee votes out of the secretive Legislature, there's little action seen on the horizon this session.
—Mike Deehan, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
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Danielle Zickl, SELF, 7 Feb. 2025
The reformers driving this movement believed in human progress, scientific management, the use of government power for the public good, and replacing political patronage with the hiring of experts.
—Johnathan K Williams / Made By History, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
Florence Kelley was a social reformer who campaigned against child labor and for a minimum wage.
—Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
As for reformers' top goals like squeezing public records and committee votes out of the secretive Legislature, there's little action seen on the horizon this session.
—Mike Deehan, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
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reformer
noun
re·form·er
ri-ˈfȯr-mər
: one that works for reform
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