for the better
Example Sentences
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“No university will change that much, either for the better or for the worse, in one year,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
It’s what happens when you’ve dumped out decades’ worth of memories and stories as part of your life’s work documenting the origins of punk rock for the better part of 50 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
The six-chapter season does make one tweak to its source material that’s certainly for the better: In the old stories, T&T took over a detective agency called Blunt’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
But Enlli said her life had changed for the better.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Around 13,000 years ago, as glaciers melted rapidly all over the world, conditions in Japan changed spectacularly for the better, as far as humans were concerned.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
