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improves

VERB

make or become better

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advance better boost correct develop enhance help increase lift progress promote raise recover reform revamp revise rise upgrade

STRONG

ameliorate amend augment civilize convalesce cultivate edit elevate emend meliorate mend polish purify rally rectify recuperate refine sharpen skyrocket update

WEAK

come around doctor up gain ground look up make strides perk up pick up set right shape up straighten out take off touch up turn the corner

Antonyms

STRONGEST

blow decline decrease demote depress descend deteriorate diminish drop halt hinder hurt lessen lose lower recede reduce repress retreat retrogress stop worsen

STRONG

corrupt damage destroy dirty dull pollute ruin weaken

WEAK

harm injure

Example Sentences

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"At the end of the day that improves the life of people living with obesity".

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Relative strength has largely flatlined against solar peers over the last two months, though bulls will look for that trend to reverse as the technical picture improves.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

A period of sustained higher prices improves BP’s investment case and should help make its leverage similar to peers’ by 2027, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

"It took us 10 years from the discovery of HMW-HA in the naked mole rat to showing that HMW-HA improves health in mice," Gorbunova says.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

If and when the economy improves, the justification for a “softer” approach would no longer exist.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander