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amelioration

[uh-meel-yuh-rey-shuhn, uh-mee-lee-uh-] / əˌmil jəˈreɪ ʃən, əˈmi li ə- /


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Tell yourself that such and such ameliorations are going to occur.

From The Practice of Autosuggestion by Coué, Emile

Let us have the expedients, the ameliorations, even the compromises, en attendant the millennium.

From Imaginary Interviews by Howells, William Dean

But although many of the attempts at a change failed, yet some of them succeeded, and have gradually produced ameliorations and improvements in the art of teaching.

From A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education by Gall, James

When poverty and loneliness fell upon him, the boy had no youthful ameliorations, even though he was so touchingly young.

From In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Yet it is necessary to take careful note of the circumstance that the consequences of a lapse from virtue are destitute of the ameliorations with which we have become familiar.

From Village Life in China A Study in Sociology by Smith, Arthur H.




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