ameliorated

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The 40-foot elevation drop from the General Hospital forecourt to the commercial hub will be ameliorated by raising the low area about 20 feet.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

The deceit is either ameliorated or worsened by the obvious unreliability of Thomas’s testimony.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

An influx of foreign workers had ameliorated the problem somewhat, but that has now dried up.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 11, 2025

Medication also ameliorated the physical symptoms of anxiety and hypervigilance.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2025

Spring drew on: she was indeed already come; the frosts of winter had ceased; its snows were melted, its cutting winds ameliorated.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë