reform
noun
the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc..
have been reforming
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present perfect progressiveof reform.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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States have been reforming their solitary confinement rules since at least 1998.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2015
It is partly because we have come to appreciate, in recent years, this pressing need of doing, that we have been reforming the elementary school by introducing manual training, cooking, and sewing.
From How to Study and Teaching How to Study by Frank M. (Frank Morton) McMurry
"The trouble with me," said his son bitterly, "is that I've been trying to reform a city when I ought to have been reforming myself."
From The Clarion by William Dodge Stevens
When I sit down to reflect, a luxury for which I seldom have time even in vacation, it really seems to me that I have been reforming all my life.
From Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls by Julia Augusta Schwartz
