better
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MIT Provost Anantha Chandrakasan said MIT is exploring ways to better help both students and professors start companies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Soon thereafter, he and his wife began a multistate search for a better learning environment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
“They’ve all been down about 4% but better than the S&P and much better than many other sectors,” he said.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
A wide array of stocks rallying in the index doesn’t mean the S&P 500 will necessarily perform better, yet investors tend to point to strong breadth as a “healthy sign” for the market, Parker cautioned.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
The truth was like a feather tickling his tongue, and, against his better judgment, he itched to spit it out.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
