reforming

[ri-fawr-ming]

noun

1. Chemistry.,  the process of cracking low-octane petroleum fractions in order to increase the octane number.

Other Word Forms

• antireforming adjective
• unreforming adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of reforming¹

First recorded in 1920–25; reform + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Though I agree with many of Jane Leavy’s suggestions for reforming baseball, I think she omitted an important one: No more music, drumbeats, sound effects, and so forth after every pitch.

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The DWP says they are "reforming a broken system by shifting our focus from welfare to work, skills and opportunities - backed by £1bn a year for employment support by the end of the decade".

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Newsom said Tuesday in his news release that California has already made progress in reforming its insurance market following an executive order he issued in 2023 that supported Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s Sustainable Insurance Strategy.

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Is reforming schools, hospitals or welfare at the top of the list?

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He’s also reforming zoning laws to make it easier to build more housing, which should ease the city’s affordability crunch and the homelessness crisis.

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