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View definitions for bettering

bettering

adjective as in amendatory

adjective as in improving

noun as in one-upmanship

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Example Sentences

Lots of people have to use this technology for it to work, or even to see what needs to be tweaked to make it work better.

They understandably want and deserve better personal protective equipment, testing, contact tracing and ventilation.

The picture was made in 1958, the same year that the better-known Morris Louis painted most of his multilayered “Veils.”

We should have a better idea of rain timing and amounts as we get closer.

If Wall can stay healthy, he is a better fit alongside Beal and he is far more likely to help Washington’s younger players reach their potential.

But what is this realism that our leaders are supposed to acknowledge before bettering the world?

Having spent time bettering yourself these past six months, you now exhibit all the signs of a terrifically together person.

Obama said their courage had inspired many to serve their country, whether in uniform or in bettering their communities.

Bettering the situation requires price pressures driven by consumers.

And the statuesque brunette has even been credited with bettering the fashion sense of her high-powered husband.

We do not employ the same means for bettering our position as we do in pursuing frivolous and fanciful things.

A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position.

There is no possibility of permanently bettering their condition.

This was the necessity for the bettering of the means of communication of the country.

To express disapproval of their conduct would have incurred the enmity of the whole crew, without bettering his own situation.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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