improved upon
Example Sentences
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"It's not that it wasn't good before, but we improved upon it," he said.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
Israel has also improved upon the F-35s, adding its own upgrades and capabilities and learning lessons from its combat use that it has shared with the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
Along the way, the team said it improved upon preexisting equations that assumed both bodies were equally dense and ignored the secondary body's mass.
From Science Daily • May 2, 2024
No points for comparing these deep-end underwater shots to “Jaws” or, more aptly, the Spielberg-produced house of horrors “Poltergeist,” neither of which can be improved upon.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2024
Miss Genovese’s smile doesn’t reach her eyes; she seems offended by the notion that her own dress code could be improved upon, or that her operators would be less accomplished than the Hello Girls overseas.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
