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improve
verb as in make or become better
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Example Sentences
Published in Science Translational Medicine, the study showed that vagus nerve stimulation in stressed mice with colitis, a form of IBD, reduced inflammation, improved symptoms, and boosted survival rates.
Prosperous regions like the Netherlands are facing increasing costs and complexity for improving systems.
"We improve the arrangement of the amino acids in several iterations until the new protein is very close to the desired structure," says Christopher Frank.
In January 2020, as part of an effort to improve oversight of the Sheriff’s Department, the county adopted an ordinance that gave subpoena power to certain oversight officials.
Investors might put their money into funds that consider a company's efforts to improve air quality and conserve energy, or its equal employment opportunities and ethical business practices.
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When To Use
What are other ways to say improve?
The verb improve usually implies remedying a lack or a felt need: to improve a process, oneself (as by gaining more knowledge). The more formal verb, ameliorate, implies improving oppressive, unjust, or difficult conditions: to ameliorate working conditions. To better is to improve conditions which, though not bad, are unsatisfying: to better an attempt, oneself (as by gaining a higher salary).
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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