meliorated

verb

past tense of meliorate
as in improved
to make better regulations intended to meliorate the working conditions of factory workers

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  1. improved
  2. enhanced
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  • Although Spain’s beer culture has improved recently, with many new craft breweries, the beer scene in Belgium is on another level.
    — Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
  • Things had improved since then, before spilling out into the open late last year when Saudi Arabia bombed a port in Yemen targeting a weapons shipment from the UAE.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of improved
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  • Lakutsin was in town to watch the competition; not everyone who was enhanced at the Enhanced Games was an athlete.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • Sabbatical takers return with more creativity and enhanced perspective on what matters.
    — DJ Didonna, Time, 13 July 2026
Definition of enhanced
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“Meliorated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meliorated. Accessed 16 Jul. 2026.

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