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Bringing Keller and Knight onstage somewhat sweetened the awkward position in which the show placed Storrie, but it doesn’t entirely ameliorate the White House’s intrusion into both hockey teams’ Olympic glory.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 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

It suggests something more uncomfortable: that how protests are conducted determines whether they clarify and ameliorate injustice or obscure and perpetuate it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

That is, historically, what presidents have done: Facing volatile circumstances, confronting crises, they summon the powers of their office to explain, to ameliorate, to reassure and above all, to try to calm the situation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025

The accused have told me and their counsel have told me that the accused who were all leaders of the non-European population were motivated entirely by a desire to ameliorate these grievances.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

The tales that were first told were true enough, but man, as he advances, subdues the country and ameliorates the climate.

From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Howard Willoughby

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

Mr. Xi could have ameliorated the damage by creating new avenues for productive private investment that would boost productivity and stimulate more domestic demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 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

We have ameliorated on a planetary scale injustices that only recently were global and endemic.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

The researchers employed a novel computational method developed earlier by Morgun and Shulzhenko, transkingdom network analysis, to uncover TXN's mechanism for ameliorating metabolic syndrome.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2023

If Petro can fill the role of a balanced mediator, he stands to gain regionally by reviving commercial relations between Colombia and Venezuela, and internationally by ameliorating one of the hemisphere’s most nagging crises.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 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

“Successful conservation of the pinyon jay requires addressing and ameliorating multiple threats simultaneously.”

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2022

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