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make improvement

VERB

polish

Synonyms

STRONG

amend better correct cultivate emend enhance finish furbish mature mend perfect refine round sleek slick smooth

WEAK

brush up make improvements touch up

Antonyms

STRONG

corrupt destroy reduce ruin worsen

WEAK

deface dull roughen spoil

Example Sentences

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Politics and policy could do only so much, and cleaning up smog could go only so far without technology to make improvement possible, and enforceable.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

But experts warn it will require significant extra investment, particularly in staff, to make improvement.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

The CWA drove investment in water infrastructure, he says, but smaller rural communities—which are disproportionately communities of color—often lack the resources to apply for grants to make improvement.

From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2022

While such charitable efforts aim to make improvement, they are limited in their impact.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2017

I am sure, too, that I have acquired on this journey a desire to make improvement.

From Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland by Choules, J.O.