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For that reason, I agree with you that it would be better to allow her to attend the attorney’s office alone and to do so with a doctor’s written evaluation of her mental well-being.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
But paying a dividend, reducing debt or building up cash for a rainy day can be better choices sometimes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The charity Diabetes UK says it will help people manage their condition better, especially those who have extra care needs and who require help to inject every day.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Ukraine's instructors say this change means conventional soldiers have to to be even better prepared for the mental hardships.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Once he apologizes and decides to listen to me, things can get better again.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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His betters resented Duchamp’s attempt at depicting movement and judged the title vulgar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
This week: Polymarket teamed up with the Golden Globes, displaying a live ticker for betters on the broadcast.
From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2026
Billions are riding on such sports event contracts, and it isn’t just the wagers of individual betters.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025
It is also not entirely out of the question that Kane betters Erling Haaland's record for fewest matches to reach 50 Bundesliga goals - which he did in 50 games - this term.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2024
An anonymous message from Ambrose telling me to mind my betters.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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His Premier League win percentage of 46.9% at the club is bettered only by Kevin Keegan.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Among NL pitchers with at least 70 innings, his ERA is bettered only by Misiorowski.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Against Morocco, he was only bettered by an extra 369 metres from Lewis Ferguson.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
She is surely on course to break her major duck sometime soon and in California last Sunday it was only the brilliance of a dominant world number one that bettered the British star.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
These improvements bettered the quality of everything ranging from radios, to television sets, to small electronic calculators, yet the agency hadn’t done a good job of explaining these benefits to the public.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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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
I think we still have a long way to go in terms of bettering ourselves, but we’ve come a long way from the beginning.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
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 ● Feb. 16, 2026
And not to the exclusion of bettering their lives by paying attention to the nitty and the gritty, like making housing and higher education more readily available and, yes, fixing potholes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2026
It is her only hope of bettering her lot and seeing her children again.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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