for the better
idiom
: so as to produce improvement
The new policy is a change for the better.
My father's health has recently taken a turn for the better.
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Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2025
To get out of that bubble was ultimately for the better for everyone.
—Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 25 Nov. 2025
Then the Wet Brush Go Green Thick Hair Paddle Detangler came in to completely change all this for the better.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 25 Nov. 2025
All that has now changed, just as the GOP has, and almost certainly not for the better.
—Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 24 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for for the better
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“For the better.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20the%20better. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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