IMPROVEMENTS Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

improvements

noun

plural of improvement

as in advances

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 improvements His team noticed improvements in his sleep data in recent years. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 Ohio contractor Kwest Group started the improvements in April and is scheduled to finish them in May 2028. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2026 The Dragons have a young team with room to grow, but will need to make some serious improvements in order to have a chance against the Panthers, who seem to be on a level of their own in the Fort Worth-area. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2026 At Friday’s news conference, district officials said the school board also will consider potential improvements to the district’s academic offerings, in addition to school closures. — Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2026 The road’s construction created a push for internal improvements in the early republic and opened the era of canal and road construction throughout the nation. — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2026 With one of the toughest schedules in the country, a good foundation has been laid, but improvements will be needed quickly. — Pj Green september 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026 Generation 8 of the platform offers a strong torso, arms, and head on a wheeled platform, with significant improvements in manufacturability and sensor data. — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Tax allocation districts are designated areas where a certain amount of property tax revenue growth is diverted away from governments and used to fund specific improvements within that district. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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At the same time, medical advances and a dramatic decline in fertility rates have produced aging societies.

— Venki Ramakrishnan, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
As researchers warn that artificial intelligence could pose catastrophic risks, some of the pioneers who helped develop the technology are weighing in with additional warnings on the dangers of unfettered advances in capability.

— Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of advances

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Lockheed also highlighted that its FLEX airframe will provide a modular airframe that gets ahead of subcomponent obsolescence, provides future capability enhancements to outpace threats and enable scalability at the production factory.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
The agreement also calls for sentencing enhancements because the offense involved what federal guidelines describe as sophisticated money laundering.

— Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of enhancements

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That’s thanks to educational institutions like the University of Toronto, and public-private research institutes like the Vector Institute, which Hinton co-founded to help commercialize AI breakthroughs.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Given room to experiment, a group with this much know-how could surely muster some breakthroughs.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of breakthroughs

Noun

Final design and engineering refinements for the Oceanside project are expected to continue through 2027.

— Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
Google says refinements to the Pixel Watch 5's GPS improve performance when tracking your location in big cities with skyscrapers.

— Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of refinements

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Sato also said current economic and price developments did not appear to have substantially accelerated compared to before.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026
This wasn’t the 2026 Miami of spotless Ubers and Waymos doing their thing on Brickell streets festooned with billion dollar developments.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

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