reformed
adjective
re·formed
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Definition of reformed
1
: changed for the better
2
capitalized
: protestant
specifically
: of or relating to the chiefly Calvinist Protestant churches formed in various continental European countries
Examples of reformed in a Sentence
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In her new book, This America: The Case for the Nation, Lepore advocates a reformed liberal nationalism as an alternative to the rejection of the national story by the Left in general and left-wing historians in particular. — Grayson Logue, National Review, "A Nation without a Chest," 10 Aug. 2019 What much of the Left won’t acknowledge is that restrictionists have a sincere belief that secure borders and a reformed legal immigration system would be better for our laws, our economy, and our cultural cohesion. — Rich Lowry, National Review, "Immigration Restriction Is Not Hate," 9 Aug. 2019 That’s a far, far cry from the reformed bad boy who’s broken our hearts multiple times over the last 15 years. — Rachel Paige, refinery29.com, "Fun Fact: Jason Dohring Was Married Before Veronica Mars Ever Made Logan A Thing," 25 July 2019 In prison, he’d settled on a new narrative for himself, that of the reformed truth-teller. — Rachel Monroe, The Atlantic, "The True-Crime Writer in Cellblock B4," 16 July 2019 Dustin joins forces with reformed high school jock Steve Harrington (Joe Keery), Steve's co-worker at Scoops Ahoy ice cream parlor, Robin (Maya Hawke, spawn of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke), and Lucas' precocious little sister Erica (Priah Ferguson). — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Flay your mind: Stranger Things S3 just might be the show’s best season yet," 15 July 2019 Dorton, a 40s OG, worked for a city program that employs reformed gang members to tamp down violence and steer young people away from trouble. — Cindy Chang, latimes.com, "Nipsey Hussle’s death unified Crips and Bloods in grief. Now, peace talks carry on his call," 23 June 2019 And Suárez credits the Maestro’s exhortations with turning him into a reformed character. — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, "Uruguay: Soccer’s Dead Poets Society," 29 June 2018 But Bill Clinton seems to have skipped the public culpability and accountability phase and moved directly to the reformed sinner preaching phase. — Susanna Schrobsdorff, Time, "Why It Matters That Bill Clinton Hasn't Really Apologized to Monica Lewinsky," 7 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'reformed.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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