all the better
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or so much the better
—used to say that something makes a situation, experience, etc., even better than it was
My daughter loves taking care of children. If she can earn money by doing it, so much the better!
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The simple act of always having their partner’s go-to moisturizer in their bag for them, shopping together or making space for each other’s dreams can yield the kind of fruitful love that makes navigating this world all the better.
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Cierra Black, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Fennell chooses the former, and flawed or not, this drunk-on-pheromones take is all the better for it.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
Wuthering Heights is an incredibly moist movie, and that’s without even taking into account how often the characters get caught in or choose to stride out into the rain (all the better to make their outfits cling).
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2026
Hyland will be in the NBC Sports production truck with a lot of technology at his disposal, all the better to capture Super Bowl action that costs advertiser between $7 million and more than $10 million.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026
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Cierra Black, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Fennell chooses the former, and flawed or not, this drunk-on-pheromones take is all the better for it.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
Wuthering Heights is an incredibly moist movie, and that’s without even taking into account how often the characters get caught in or choose to stride out into the rain (all the better to make their outfits cling).
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2026
Hyland will be in the NBC Sports production truck with a lot of technology at his disposal, all the better to capture Super Bowl action that costs advertiser between $7 million and more than $10 million.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026
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“All the better.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20the%20better. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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