MELIORATION Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

melioration

noun

Definition of melioration

as in amelioration

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Noun

Some strengthening is expected during the next day or so, and the system is forecast to become a tropical storm by tonight.

— Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Analysts point out that the drop in the unemployment rate stems from a large number of American workers leaving the labor force, rather than any strengthening in the job market.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of strengthening

Noun

Its onboard Neural Processing Unit (NPU) powers advanced AI workflows, intelligent search tools, and real-time camera enhancements without taxing system resources or battery life.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
The jury also found true an enhancement for fleeing after committing a gross vehicular manslaughter and personally using a deadly weapon in the commission of the offense.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of enhancement

Noun

The penalty tax is a scale that progressively increases based on how many millions a team is over the luxury-tax threshold.

— Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
After adjusting for demographic, lifestyle, health and environmental factors, the researchers found that any increase in light exposure above 3 lux during nighttime sleep was associated with measurable, subtle cardiac damage.

— Barbara Mantel, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of increase

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The weekly stochastics have registered an oversold upturn, increasing the likelihood that the recent low was an important one.

— Katie Stockton, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2026
The gentle upturn at the corners of the mouth gives Samoyeds a cheerful look, one suited to a major fashion campaign.

— Pat Mueller, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of upturn

Noun

These advocates, in many cases, aren’t concerned about those issues, and believe that if humanity somehow survives the AI age, we are headed for a utopian future full of abundant health and scientific breakthroughs.

— Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026
That breakthrough became the foundation for technologies like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and virtually every major large language model in use today.

— Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of breakthrough

Noun

The format of the tournament has changed for the betterment of the players, with the addition of four teams in Germany.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
The author emphasizes that financial security allows partnership to be a choice for love and mutual betterment, rather than a necessity for survival.

— Kristin Vance Richards, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of betterment

Noun

Sarma said Wall Street broadly expects an inflection in returns on AI investments around 2028, leading to an uplift in revenue, earnings and cash flow.

— Paulina Likos, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
According to the study, the resulting uplift would have created steep terrain and high ground that could be intensely eroded over long periods.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of uplift

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