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improvement

[im-proov-muhnt] / ɪmˈpruv mənt /


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Restaurant customer traffic declined 6.7% from a year earlier in the three months through May 1, an improvement from the previous quarter but still a loss that executives are trying to reverse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Patients taking ibuprofen showed less improvement in short-term verbal memory than those who were not taking the medication.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

In a statement, White Ribbon said its accreditation was about organisations "delivering a three-year action plan that works towards improvement" and is "not a statement about, or endorsement of, individuals connected to that organisation".

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

“Payrolls have surprised the consensus to the upside for three straight months, a relatively rare occurrence which suggests the improvement is more than just noise.”

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

I should keep them all, crappy or not, because it’s a record of my improvement, and all good sketchbooks have bad sketches.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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