How to Use improve on/upon in a Sentence

improve on/upon

phrasal verb

• But the Knicks didn’t do enough to improve on their 47-35 record (fifth place in the East).
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 3 July 2023
• And like many young teams, the Magic still need to improve on the road (7-10).
  — Josh Robbins, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
• In the draft The Rams will try to repeat or improve on their success in the 2023 draft.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
• The Suns look to improve on that in Game 2 as the offense was stagnant at times in Game 1.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2023
• Krakoff’s team has worked to evolve, change and improve upon the whole expression of the brand.
  — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 6 June 2025
• And sometimes there’s a lot of room to improve on the original.
  — Jessica Carbone, Saveur, 19 Dec. 2023
• People can improve on their deficits and then score better on the test.
  — Linda Carroll, NBC news, 18 June 2025
• The researchers plan to open-source this tool so that others can expand and improve on the work.
  — Josh Hendrickson, PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2024
• After the game, Mahomes said the Chiefs have a lot to improve on, but the team’s two tough wins speak volumes.
  — Ben Morse, CNN, 16 Sep. 2024
• Now, Rodgers has brought that to the Jets and has been a resource for his teammates trying to improve on both sides of the ball.
  — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 29 July 2024
• The problem is, the film fails to improve upon the original.
  — Jack Francis, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2023
• The Rooney Rule clearly has good intentions, but how can the league improve on it?
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2023
• One big thing the city needs to improve on is road maintenance and repair.
  — Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2024
• All of those aspects are things Caleb Williams and the Bears offense need to improve on from last season.
  — Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
• Perhaps the only way to improve on a great burrito is to give it a swim in hot oil.
  — Joe Yonan, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
• Beaten on the glass again After the second game of the series, the Pacers mentioned their need to improve on the glass.
  — Kelly Iko, New York Times, 10 May 2025
• SpaceX will try to improve on that with the second test flight of the Super Heavy-Starship rocket.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2023
• That would improve on their best-ever result, which came four years ago in Tokyo, with 113 medals.
  — Tim Chan, VIBE.com, 26 July 2024
• Still, the creators acknowledged some things season two could do to improve on the first.
  — Zoe Guy, Vulture, 1 Mar. 2024
• Still, the creators acknowledged some things season two could do to improve on the first.
  — Zoe Guy, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2025
• Kentucky has the firepower to keep up, but needs to improve on the defensive end to avoid a fourth league loss.
  — USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2024
• The Phoenix Suns are trying to figure out how to improve on a season that's had a lot more downs than ups lately.
  — Jeremy Duda, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
• Getsy was pretty clear about what was working well and what the Bears needed to improve on.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2024
• But the way to build and improve upon them isn’t to try to gain as much access as possible to users’ data.
  — WIRED, 10 Aug. 2023
• The first winner is a farming app that hopes to improve upon Ulangizi.
  — Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
• This season will be no different as the Falcons look to improve on last year’s 3-6 record.
  — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2023
• Jackson has the potential to add to that legacy and perhaps even improve on it.
  — Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
• However, most of these symptoms are felt for only a short time and improve on their own.
  — Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 5 July 2024
• Seeking to improve on that proof-of-concept method, a UNSW team realized that the key lay in finding the right combination of metals to act as a catalyst in the system.
  — New Atlas, 20 June 2025
• Green, whose name has been connected to Durant and other stars in trade rumors, is determined to improve upon his playoff struggles and wants to stay in Houston, league sources say.
  — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 14 June 2025