bettering
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
Well, then you know how truly committed they were to bettering L.A. in the first place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2025
“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
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