better
Usage
Example Sentences
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“That would be . . . better, I guess, but I’d rather just pay you back.”
From Literature
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I knew it would be, hands down, better than anything Jonah would give him.
From Literature
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And I regret to inform you that it does get worse before it gets better.
From Literature
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His career was taking off after the better part of a decade doing sets at the Comedy Store, where he was the first Vietnamese American person to work as a door guy.
From Los Angeles Times
Pfizer has performed well against pharma peers since January, and I admire how much better it is remaining near the $27.50 area this time compared with last October.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.