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
  • 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
  • Despite her male superiors’ desire to close the case and the resistance of a society where women have learned to hide themselves to ensure their safety, Noelle is determined to identify the body and uncover the truth.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • This design offers several potential advantages.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
  • For smaller teams, this approach offers notable advantages.
    William Jones, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While individual leaves can reach 18 inches long, the plant itself rarely exceeds 8 inches in height.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025
  • That footprint far exceeds the longtime 39% limit on ownership of stations, which had been kept in place by both Republican and Democratic administrations over the past three decades.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • At the same time, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is among those who forecast 50% of entry-level jobs may be wiped out by AI as the technology improves, including being able to work eight-hour shifts without a break.
    Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Maria’s relationship with Sylvia improves, as well as with the deputy head Sam (Jacob Anderson, completely unrecognizable from his Game of Thrones era), with whom Maria used to be in a romantic relationship.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Rainwater tends to accumulate at the road edges.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Discard the tired-looking center and separate clumps from the outer edges by hand or use a sharp knife or pruning saw.
    Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Yet Team Cherry, along with dozens of coders and others, working quietly and deliberately, has crafted something that rivals (and often surpasses) the work of those massive studios.
    Keller Gordon, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
  • That surpasses the size of a July attack by Moscow that was previously the largest of the war, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor in February 2022.
    Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In addition, the Pilot Pack ($3,400) enhances the Polestar 2’s safety features with 360-degree cameras, adaptive cruise control and more.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Treating technology migration and cultural integration as complementary strategies reduces friction and enhances adoption.
    Benjamin Niaulin, Forbes.com, 9 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 11 Sep. 2025.

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