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meliorations

noun

plural of melioration
as in increases

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  1. increases
  2. enhancements
  3. refinements
  4. advances
  5. breakthroughs
Noun
  • Mortgage rate increases also could weaken housing demand and push prices lower.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Disease progresses, physiology deconditions, and clinical complexity increases.
    — Alexandra Kharazi, Forbes.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of increases
Noun
  • Lopez had been sentenced in Los Angeles County to 29 years in prison for assault with a semiautomatic firearm with enhancements for street gang activity, inflicting great bodily injury and use of a firearm, officials said.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The rest of the premium features—from an attractive metal build, a beautiful 4K OLED screen, the DialPad, and software enhancements—all return, making this a leading option for creative professionals.
    — Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of enhancements
Noun
  • The third-generation glasses feature fairly minor refinements.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Final design and engineering refinements for the Oceanside project are expected to continue through 2027.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of refinements
Noun
  • Beyond the Harvard secretarial pool, the 1970s were intoxicating time of advances for women.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The overall execution adeptly balances both the automaker’s latest technological advances and timeless tactile elements.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of advances
Noun
  • When breakthroughs are elusive, pursuing incremental gains and the steady destruction of enemy capacity becomes attractive.
    — NADIA SCHADLOW, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2026
  • OpenAI’s advances have a head start here because, like many other recent AI math breakthroughs, the proofs came with a formal write-up in a proof assistant language called Lean.
    — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of breakthroughs
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“Meliorations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meliorations. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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