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

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

From Salon • Aug. 15, 2024

He, along with Yuan Zhang, another graduate student in Averitt's lab, improved upon a technique called terahertz time-domain spectroscopy.

From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2024

There was nothing about him that could be improved upon.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer