for the better

phrase

: 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.

Examples of for the better in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In a game that looked lopsided for the better part of three quarters, the Chargers did enough Sunday to scare the defending Super Bowl champions. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

While the first version of OpenAI’s GPT language model could barely write a few paragraphs of coherent text, its newest models can solve mathematics problems that have stumped humans for the better part of a century. — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026

The real tests are here Miami has already beaten a Wake Forest team that is looking like a dark horse team in the ACC and easily handled Clemson, which is on the downswing but has been one of the league’s top teams for the better part of the decade. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

This bill can be the start of transforming the framework of healthcare, for the better or worse. — Esha Desai, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for for the better

• carburetter
• carburettor
• abettor
• newsletter
• typesetter
• bettor
• debtor
• fetter
• getter
• letter
• netter
• petter