melioration

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melioration
Noun
  • Owner Kelly Vore cited unsustainable rent increases, declining consumer spending, and lingering effects of COVID-19 as key reasons for the closure.
    Nour Rahal, Freep.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Sony Pictures reported a 76% year-on-year surge in operating income to JPY 18.7 billion ($129 million) for the quarter ended June 30, driven by a sharp increase in series deliveries within its television productions unit, the company reported Thursday.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The actual data show good news: a declining trend in multiple job holding over decades, with a recent upturn.
    Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • While Trump's tariffs haven't yet led to a dramatic upturn in inflation, recent reports are showing a slight uptick , and there's a belief that U.S. companies absorbing the tariffs can only do so for so long before needing to raise prices.
    Kevin Stankiewicz,Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 July 2025
Noun
  • The Ukrainian president said Monday his country's intelligence service had found that Putin had no intention of ending the fighting, adding to doubts that a breakthrough can be achieved during Friday's talks, from which Zelensky is likely to be absent.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
  • De Haan listed a few that could impact oil prices: Could a breakthrough in U.S.-Russia talks this week matter to prices?
    David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • At the end of the day, Boone makes every decision with the betterment of the team in mind.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Reinvigorating and transforming our transit stations is not simply about meeting demands of the law but about the betterment of society, and that is always worth it in the end.
    Tarek Hatab, New York Daily News, 26 July 2025
Noun
  • The Canyon was formed millions of years ago through the uplift of igneous and metamorphic rock and carved by the Colorado River through erosion.
    Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 2 Aug. 2025
  • Additionally, this evolutionary innovation overlapped with the rapid uplift of the Andes mountains.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 31 July 2025
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“Melioration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melioration. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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