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It strips out volatile food and energy costs and gives a better sense of the future rate of inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
“What that meant, in the most simplest terms, was that the vast majority of people got the same price or a slightly better price by using VantageScore,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
What if getting better sleep depends not just on how much you exercise, but how often you move?
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Previous research has repeatedly linked physical activity with improved sleep, while better sleep itself is associated with greater well-being.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
“My parents have better jobs now, but when I first got into music, we had no money for lessons,” he confides.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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
Like my literary betters, I sometimes worry that reading distracts me from writing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 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
An anonymous message from Ambrose telling me to mind my betters.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Brighton managed 10 clean sheets last season, bettered by only six teams.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
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
His joint record of 20 assists in a single Premier League season was only bettered this year by Manchester United's Fernandes.
From BBC ● May 28, 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
I humbly decline your request and actually would love to have a space where everyone is allowed to ask questions pertaining to bettering their understanding of their clients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
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
Henley “simultaneously attempted to create an air of legitimacy for the Big U Enterprise by promoting himself as a reformed gang member focused on bettering his community,” Roosa wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025
Stewart says California has set "a powerful example" by bettering the quality and sustainability of its school lunch, "showing what's possible nationwide."
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2024
At all these studies Ged was apt, and within a month was bettering lads who had been a year at Roke before him.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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