ameliorated

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It would have been a lot to ask that Simkhovitch, idealistic and self-sacrificing, predict that immigrant poverty and its housing conditions would be ameliorated with time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 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

Meanwhile, physical afflictions can be ameliorated via automated systems that adjust indoor conditions in response to signs of animal distress.

From Salon • May 15, 2024

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