melioration
Example Sentences
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But professional reformation or melioration is usually an organic, incremental process.
From BusinessWeek • Nov. 22, 2011
But a memorable melioration of the state of man will carry some degree of conviction to the hearts of all.
From Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author by Godwin, William
We need hardly speak in the language of detestation of this species of obstructiveness, which prevents hundreds of valuable schemes of social melioration from being entered into.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 456 Volume 18, New Series, September 25, 1852 by Chambers, Robert
They shared in the general melioration of the age.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 by Various
As the two great causes of the melioration in the lot of the slaves since the establishment of our Independence, I should set down: 1.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 by Various
