better
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Example Sentences
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The council said the aim was to understand better how limited finances can affect some children and limit their participation in school.
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Abdul Hammed currently works at a warehouse, but the 33-year-old has come to the apprenticeship fair in the hope of bettering himself.
From BBC
"Scotland were 20 points better not 11. They were comprehensive winners," ex-England scrum-half Matt Dawson told the Rugby Union Weekly podcast.
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Opinion polls suggest voters here want to feel better protected at home too.
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That deal encouraged BlueScope to consider whether it had any midstream options better than building its own new facilities.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.