reformer

noun re·form·er \ ri-ˈfȯr-mər \

Definition of reformer

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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Thanks to tort reformers, Texas residents just lost a chunk of that leverage.

— amy bach, Fortune, "Insurance Isn’t Going to Help Harvey Victims," 30 Aug. 2017
To a considerable extent, the flooding from Harvey proves the case for flood-insurance reformers better than perhaps any other recent storm.

— ed kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, "Harvey Makes the Case for Flood-Insurance Reform. It Also Makes It Politically Impossible.," 29 Aug. 2017
Mission Fitness will offer 30 classes per week, including mat and reformer Pilates, four types of barre, rowing, bootcamp, TRX, kickboxing, sunrise yoga (on the rooftop!) and more.

— michelle matthews, AL.com, "Mobile's newest boutique fitness center opening soon in Midtown," 29 Aug. 2017
The impending national conflict made no appearance in the magazine’s first issue, but abolitionist reformer Edmund Quincy faced it head on in the second.

— annika neklason, The Atlantic, "The Atlantic Civil War Reader," 18 Aug. 2017
Criminal-justice reformers on both sides of the political spectrum have been speaking out about this type of abuse for years.

— angela helm, The Root, "In Addition to Killing Weed, Jeff Sessions Wants Police to Take All Your Shit, Too," 18 July 2017
India Can Tout a Big Reform, But Not Yet Reformers: Mihir Sharma The rate of GST varies depends on the product and service, ranging from zero to 28 percent, as well as numerous exemptions.

— saritha rai, Bloomberg.com, "New Tax System Brings Pain, Paperwork to India's Online Sellers," 17 July 2017
The reformers provide the intelligence; the West withholds money if reforms continue to be blocked.

— elizabeth pond, The Christian Science Monitor, "In brief visit, Tillerson changes the conversation on Ukraine," 12 July 2017
Others were more skeptical, warning that Kim was no reformer, despite his love of professional basketball and pizza.

— amy zegart, The Atlantic, "Kim Jong Un: The Hardest Intelligence Target," 9 July 2017

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