as in advance
an instance of notable progress in the development of knowledge, technology, or skill
there's been a great improvement in your handwriting—I can actually read it!
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Recent Examples of improvement
More rigorous hiring standards that are aimed at academic improvement and start next year at a handful of campuses have also prompted shifts for some of those more than 1,450 employees.
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Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026
Other times the improvement has been more gradual.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
But the quiet force behind the Lakers’ recent surge is the team’s defensive improvement.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Despite recent improvements, the system still steers capital toward expensive new buildings while existing affordable housing converts to market rate.
—Rafael Leon, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
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Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026
Other times the improvement has been more gradual.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
But the quiet force behind the Lakers’ recent surge is the team’s defensive improvement.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Despite recent improvements, the system still steers capital toward expensive new buildings while existing affordable housing converts to market rate.
—Rafael Leon, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for improvement
Noun
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The food and drink Guests discuss menu preferences in advance and an appropriate chef will be brought in accordingly to provide three meals a day, plus cakes at tea.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 Mar. 2026
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However, despite rapid advances in AI models, large-scale commercial deployment remains one of the industry’s biggest challenges.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Along with the celebration and advancement to the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic for the first time since 2009, Venezuela baseball also secured its spot in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
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Military scientists in China have reportedly made a significant advancement that can help boost radar’s target detection capabilities.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Certainly the government has a role to play in helping synagogues, churches, mosques, schools and others in putting up security barriers, training security officers and those physical security enhancements.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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While this may confine a human’s dream of immortality to solutions that rely on technological enhancements, bio-hacking your body, or science-fiction level technology that relies on novel physical laws and/or phenomena, there’s still plenty that relativity has to say about living forever.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Achieving a true quantum advantage in chemistry will likely require breakthroughs in both hardware and algorithms before quantum computers can surpass classical machines on these fundamental molecular calculations.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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Testimony was put on hold for a week for more settlement negotiations, but with no breakthrough in sight, Judge Arun Subramanian said Friday the trial would resume.—
Larry Neumeister,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
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On Thursday, the Senate passed a broad bipartisan bill on housing, which seeks to adjust policies to increase construction and limit institutional ownership of home development.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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The research is being led by specialists involved in China’s air-defense radar development.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Improvement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/improvement. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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