improve on
verb
variants
or improve upon
improved on or improved upon; improving on or improving upon; improves on or improves upon
: to do better than
It's hard to improve on last year's record.
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This year, Pittsburgh has improved on its win total, sitting at 36-36 and just two games out of the NL’s final wild-card spot, even after losing six straight games.
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Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 16 June 2026
The document also calls on the state to improve on its 23rd place Workforce ranking and move into the top ten.
—Scott Cohn, CNBC, 16 June 2026
The Saudis will just look to improve on their group stage exit from Qatar 2022.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 15 June 2026
Lasers can transmit 10 to 100 times more data per second than radio waves, and Khatri reckons that O2O can even improve on this and increase the downlink rate by at least another factor of 10 over what was possible during Artemis 2.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 June 2026
SteelSeries improved on it with last year's Nova Elite, which added a third USB port to its base station, wireless hi-res audio certification, LC3+ Bluetooth streaming, and carbon fiber drivers with brass surrounds.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 14 June 2026
The option recommended by IDOT in 2024 improves on the current design by expanding public spaces, making the lakefront more accessible and the road safer.
—Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
With this in mind, Madrid might have improved on the Catalans’ offer.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
The students who practiced concentrating also improved on standardized tests of sustained attention, including those that tested their reaction times or their ability to spot target symbols hidden in a grid.
—Supreet Kaur, Scientific American, 10 June 2026
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Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 16 June 2026
The document also calls on the state to improve on its 23rd place Workforce ranking and move into the top ten.
—Scott Cohn, CNBC, 16 June 2026
The Saudis will just look to improve on their group stage exit from Qatar 2022.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 15 June 2026
Lasers can transmit 10 to 100 times more data per second than radio waves, and Khatri reckons that O2O can even improve on this and increase the downlink rate by at least another factor of 10 over what was possible during Artemis 2.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 June 2026
SteelSeries improved on it with last year's Nova Elite, which added a third USB port to its base station, wireless hi-res audio certification, LC3+ Bluetooth streaming, and carbon fiber drivers with brass surrounds.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 14 June 2026
The option recommended by IDOT in 2024 improves on the current design by expanding public spaces, making the lakefront more accessible and the road safer.
—Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
With this in mind, Madrid might have improved on the Catalans’ offer.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
The students who practiced concentrating also improved on standardized tests of sustained attention, including those that tested their reaction times or their ability to spot target symbols hidden in a grid.
—Supreet Kaur, Scientific American, 10 June 2026
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“Improve on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/improve%20on. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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