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improvement

[im-proov-muhnt] / ɪmˈpruv mənt /


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In the study, del-desiran didn’t show a significant improvement compared with placebo on the primary objective, Novartis said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

The summer’s total was a nearly 30% improvement on the lackluster 2025 season.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

Participants in the SLI group had a 55% greater improvement on a composite measure of global cognition compared with participants in the FLI group.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

Yet they have now failed to score in three successive Premier League games for the first time since November 2021, and improvement is needed at misfiring Spurs.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

But this morning I noticed a real improvement when I went through the massage and desensitizing routine.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

All told, the improvements have generated a 50% improvement in memory bandwidth, the widest it has ever shipped in an iPhone, the company says at its fall product showcase.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

The decline in student performance is a worrying development for the long-term economic outlook, since most economists believe that growth is partly driven by improvements in education levels.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

The UK government said more than a quarter of people who carried out home improvements in the past 18 months had experienced problems, such as builders disappearing after upfront payments were made.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

Without significant improvements in efficiency, ICTs could eventually represent a sizable share of worldwide electricity consumption and carbon emissions.

From Science Daily Sep. 7, 2026

For nearly a decade, Jefferson and Washington had corresponded about making navigation improvements in the Potomac on the presumption that it afforded a direct link between the vast American interior and the Chesapeake Bay.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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