improved upon

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Still, cloned horses can reproduce normally, so bloodlines that would have been lost can be reintroduced and improved upon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

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

From Salon • Aug. 15, 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

There was nothing about him that could be improved upon.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer