as in improvement
the act or result of making something better
working for the betterment of the lives of working people
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Recent Examples of betterment
To earn the Gold Medal, participants must complete at least 400 hours of voluntary public service, which means sharing their time and talent for the betterment of the community.
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Magda Liszewska, Oc Register, 12 Jan. 2026
This would involve defining a vision that brings Minnesota together and fully committed to betterment.
—Arne Carlson, Twin Cities, 8 Jan. 2026
The new year is a time for reassessing personal behavior, the conduct of others, and our concern for the environment—and once again rededicating ourselves to personal betterment and the advancement of society.
—Michael Isaacson, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
This is not a story about personal growth or familial betterment.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
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Magda Liszewska, Oc Register, 12 Jan. 2026
This would involve defining a vision that brings Minnesota together and fully committed to betterment.
—Arne Carlson, Twin Cities, 8 Jan. 2026
The new year is a time for reassessing personal behavior, the conduct of others, and our concern for the environment—and once again rededicating ourselves to personal betterment and the advancement of society.
—Michael Isaacson, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
This is not a story about personal growth or familial betterment.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for betterment
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Not every application needs the latest version, particularly when the upgrade delivers no meaningful capability improvement and often drives hardware changes, which drives further cost, further disruption, and further downtime.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Founders are building orchestration layers, agent runtimes, observability, RAG stacks, semantic layers — each one a real improvement.—
Sanjay Srivastava,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Rafael Arechiga was charged with murder with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a deadly weapon.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
13 Jan. 2026
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office had charged Mangione with terrorism enhancements in order to justify a first-degree murder charge under state law, which could have been punished with a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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From initial hype to tangible industrial momentum, the 2025 China Apparel Industry AI Technology Application Summit emerged as a key battleground where fashion companies demonstrated their technological advancements.—
Li Jun,
Footwear News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Several new advancement opportunities for students Seventh and eighth grade students now have the opportunity to earn high school credits.—
Hope Moses,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Jan. 2026
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This rising use of AI has principally been spurred by the evolving advances and widespread adoption of generative AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Recent advances now allow machines to perceive, reason, and act with greater autonomy in less structured environments.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Jan. 2026
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Skeeter, 36, serves as the Hornets’ player development coach and is also the primary person who works extremely closely with star guard LaMelo Ball.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Jan. 2026
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David Dow and Tamara Weitzman are the development producers.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Betterment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/betterment. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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