improved upon
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Mayo believed it was also likely these managers understood the risk that their investments could be the Labs’ undoing, as competitors used Bell Labs innovations and improved upon them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
After a stripped down “Good Luck Charlie” came a series of songs whose live production elements, on top of exemplifying Abrams’ growing sense of playfulness as a performer, vastly improved upon their studio versions.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2024
Lining up with a personal best of 3:30.59, the 23-year-old Hocker improved upon it by almost three seconds as leader Ingebrigtsen turned the screw in trademark fashion.
From BBC • Aug. 6, 2024
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
It had been expanded, improved upon, excavated and tunneled into by successive Masters of Stormhold, until the original mountain peak now raked the sky like the ornately carved tusk of some great, grey, granite beast.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
