- past tense form of ameliorate.
- past participle of ameliorate.
ameliorated
Example Sentences
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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
But Americans should not expect that all this can be ameliorated, much less erased.
From Salon ● May 1, 2025
We have ameliorated on a planetary scale injustices that only recently were global and endemic.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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