bettering
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His revered mentor, José Antonio Abreu, who founded the educational program in 1975 with the conviction that learning music can, in bettering lives, lead to profound social change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
She said Chinese biotechs have “gotten very good with pretty-well-known targets—in bettering them, in really getting more precise.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Trump also did not appear to be leaning in that direction early last week when he posted on his social media site that he was intent on bettering the arts complex.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2026
The Cleveland Brown's Myles Garrett broke the NFL single-season sack record when he claimed his 23rd of the campaign on Sunday - bettering the previous best of 22.5 first set by Michael Strahan in 2001.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
“We were expanding beyond ourselves, beyond our own planet, pushing back frontiers, bettering ourselves.”
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
