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

"It's not that it wasn't good before, but we improved upon it," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 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

I believe this salad cannot be improved upon as long as you start with a great watermelon.

From Salon • Aug. 15, 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