as in amelioration
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Noun
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Here’s one basic reality the recent laws don’t recognize: If density increases in burn footprints, the number of prospective victims in the inevitable future fires there will also increase.—
Thomas Elias,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025 -
The top three contributors to hydroplaning are: Vehicle speed - When a vehicle's speed increases, the tire-traction grip and ability to control the vehicle decreases.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Although the fertility rate in neighboring South Korea rose in 2024 for the first time in nine years, thanks to measures to spur young people to marry and have children, the trend in Japan has yet to show an upturn.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
27 Feb. 2025
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City have been struggling for nearly four months and there is still no upturn in sight.—
Sam Lee,
The Athletic,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Lunar eclipses tend to elicit culminations, breakthroughs, breakdowns or endings.—
Kyle Thomas,
People.com,
9 Mar. 2025
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Finally, a breakthrough came by combining several technologies such as position sensing, speaker beamforming and adaptive crosstalk cancellation.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
Noun
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An individual movie can’t fix what’s wrong with the world, but filmmakers can and should continue to advocate for the betterment of art and, in turn, the world.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
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Instead, the character goes on impassioned tirades about SpongeBob, leading Hernandez to break character a number of times to the betterment of the bit, which is perhaps aimed at recent blind items by Academy Awards voters who have admitted to neglecting certain movies on negligible criteria.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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At a resolution of 2560 x 1440 in games, AMD’s own benchmarks point at an average 38% uplift over the RX 7900 GRE with the biggest gains being in ray tracing, although that card had a launch price of just $549.—
Antony Leather,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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In contrast, areas like Long Beach are experiencing uplift.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Melioration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melioration. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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