betters 1 of 2

plural of better

betters

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of better

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of betters
Noun
That those women and men who died to end slavery, to win basic rights, to win the vote, to dethrone monarchs and destroy the ancien régime, to fight Czarism and fascism and Nazism and imperialism and apartheid, were in some way our moral betters. Jack Sheehan september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025 Her Canadian Open title win showcased the teenager’s ability to keep calm and carry on when elders and betters are losing their heads. Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for betters
Noun
  • These include helping your family, helping your group, demonstrating reciprocity, demonstrating bravery, respecting a hierarchy and your superiors, dividing resources in an equitable way and respecting ownership of property.
    Tracy Brower, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • When there is an incident involving the police, such as an arrest or a traffic stop, police officers should assume they are being watched by their body cameras, which could then be inspected by their superiors.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In addition to testing the munition's capabilities, the mission also validated the aircraft's enduring advantages, including its stealth, range, and payload flexibility, while reinforcing its evolving role in maritime strike.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • That said, robotic guide dogs offer other advantages.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For perspective, the net worth of the seven wealthiest people in the world--all AI luminaries including Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Google’s Larry Page and Sergey Brin and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang--exceeds $2 trillion, close to the GDP of Canada.
    Martine Paris, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Attendance now exceeds 95 percent, efficiency has been improving week by week and there is a palpable sense of momentum.
    Footwear News, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Enrique Iglesias Climbs Everywhere The same compilation also improves on the Top Latin Albums chart, which is more competitive than the more specific Top Latin Pop Albums tally.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Each piece of evidence, Lane and other experts said, greatly improves law enforcement’s chances of identifying the suspect.
    Will Carless, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Chase Joynt is a non-fiction filmmaker and writer who works at the edges of genre.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Today, crews continued to make significant progress improving fire lines along the southern, eastern, and western edges of the fire.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The country now surpasses the cocaine production of South American countries Peru and Bolivia combined.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
  • This could represent a significant edge in a GPU market constrained by supply, where demand significantly surpasses availability, especially for cutting-edge chips.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Accomplishing this will pave the way for AI agents to hit the mainstream in a safe way that enhances our lives rather than exposes us to risks.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The material enhances performance The team elucidated the material’s mechanism through a series of experimental analyses, including solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) spectroscopy, electron spin resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, and theoretical calculations.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Relatively snow-poor Zhejiang had nine indoor resorts in the latest year, tops among China’s provinces, followed by Hunan and Jiangsu.
    Russell Flannery, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Nvidia, which this summer became the first public company to hit $4 trillion in market value, tops TIME and Statista’s 2025 statistical ranking of the World’s Best Companies.
    Charlotte Hu, Time, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Betters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/betters. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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