ameliorated

Example Sentences

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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

An influx of foreign workers had ameliorated the problem somewhat, but that has now dried up.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 11, 2025

Medication also ameliorated the physical symptoms of anxiety and hypervigilance.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2025

When I began work at the bank I knew that much of their suffering would be ameliorated.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane