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Abbott has tried to ameliorate these concerns by requiring all new data centers to be audited by the state, a step that policy experts and Democrats have criticized as insufficient.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

The biggest risks to birds come from the climate: “Two-thirds of North American birds are at increasing risk of extinction from global temperature rise,” the society reported — a threat that wind power can ameliorate.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

Exercising for two hours a day can partially ameliorate this issue, but it doesn’t prevent the problem entirely.

From Slate ● Mar. 1, 2026

The three paragraphs on Africa at the end spoke about partnering with "select countries to ameliorate conflict, foster mutually beneficial trade relationships" and move from supplying aid to encouraging investment and economic growth.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026

No matter how sedulously Ben and Mary Anne prepared for the nightmare, nothing could ameliorate their discomfort at entering a new high school for their annual pilgrimage among strangers.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

In a way, this ameliorates those perfections of generational righteousness that some people took issues with, especially in early episodes where the character exemplified some of the worst millennial clichés imaginable.

From Salon ● May 12, 2022

"Overall, greater international co-operation is needed to ensure that ESG and climate transition-related practices progress in a manner that ameliorates the current market fragmentation, and strengthens investor confidence and market integrity."

From Reuters ● Oct. 4, 2021

Charity, while wonderful, ameliorates the symptoms of inequality, but it does not address its root causes.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 27, 2020

You say “at first” you turned down their advances, as if that somehow ameliorates your later decision to accept their advances.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2019

Time, however, who ameliorates all things, at length softened and wore away the sharper parts of these impressions, but to this hour I dare not dwell upon the events of that awful night.

From Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 by Herbert Willis

On that, Buchbinder is optimistic that a key cause of rising rates, higher energy costs, will be ameliorated in coming months.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

The 40-foot elevation drop from the General Hospital forecourt to the commercial hub will be ameliorated by raising the low area about 20 feet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

It would have been a lot to ask that Simkhovitch, idealistic and self-sacrificing, predict that immigrant poverty and its housing conditions would be ameliorated with time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

The judge said his segregation was ameliorated by him being allowed "some three hours per day out of his cell, which is more than twice the time allowed to convicted prisoners held in segregation".

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2025

Spring drew on: she was indeed already come; the frosts of winter had ceased; its snows were melted, its cutting winds ameliorated.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

To establish its functional roles for ameliorating constipation in humans, the researchers used a clinical trial and a human-to-mouse fecal microbiota transplantation experiment in combination with metagenomics and metabolomics.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2023

While ameliorating climate change is a big advantage of getting rid of cars, it is hardly the only reason to do so.

From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2023

The recent precipitation is a blessing for ameliorating the drought that has persisted in the Southwest.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

Although it was burning in the scar of the 2008 Cedar fire, that took place too long ago to have any ameliorating effect on its behavior, Freeman said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2021

She had a notion about the air down here and its ameliorating effects on the circulation.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead