meliorations

Definition of meliorationsnext
plural of melioration
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Noun
  • Faced with increases in insurance premiums, many households wind up relocating, the Dallas Fed report found.
    Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Councilwoman Jennifer Fisher, R-5th, said that while people don’t like tax increases, the public has been understanding about the town’s funding challenges.
    Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • City officials highlighted upgrades to the arena, infrastructure enhancements and a large union workforce.
    Dan Snyder, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Other general fund reductions include eliminating more than $945,000 in county contracts, about $850,000 in extra help budgets, roughly $660,000 in salary allocations, about $635,000 in revenue enhancements and about $575,000 in service and supply costs.
    Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Outlook also includes refinements for managing email and contacts more efficiently.
    StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The Handling Speciale spec has been developed to bolster the Purosangue’s responsiveness, namely with suspension refinements and a fine-tuning of the eight-speed dual clutch transmission.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Talley found himself back before Lyke on Tuesday, the day after another judge had ordered Talley detained while the police shooting case advances.
    Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The modeling industry has long played a role in perpetuating unrealistic body standards, though there have been cyclical advances and setbacks.
    Rory Satran, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • History shows, however, that his predictions for when his companies’ breakthroughs will occur tend to be several years off the mark—if the breakthroughs happen at all.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 1 May 2026
  • But the White House reopened discussions with Anthropic in recent weeks after the company made significant announcements about several technology breakthroughs.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
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“Meliorations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meliorations. Accessed 7 May. 2026.

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