as in increase
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amelioration
Noun
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Indeed, the complexities of contract negotiations extended far beyond the final proposals of 4% cost-of-living increases for teachers’ raises and thousands of additional staff members.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025 -
The scale and timing of price increases will likely vary depending on whether a model or its parts originates in the U.S., as well as a manufacturer’s assessment of its customers’ capacity to absorb higher costs, some experts said.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2025
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From wars to recessions to even the price of eggs or gas at the pump, each generation has its own memories of crises, politics, economic upturns and downturns, and storylines in its heads about how events unfolded and how they were resolved.—
Joseph Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The upturn was the result of somewhat lower mortgage interest rates and more homes for sale, said Jordan Levine, senior vice president and chief economist at the California Association of Realtors.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Today's talkers Prepare for an upswing in car prices.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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This week’s upswing also brings Prudential back up to retest its most recent swing high in late February, meaning a break above current levels would create a higher high and suggest a new uptrend phase.—
David Keller,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2025
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Gluing together their long-timescale breakthrough with previous work on deriving the Euler and Navier-Stokes equations from the Boltzmann equation unifies three theories of fluid dynamics.—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
14 Apr. 2025
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With a mix of technical breakthroughs and thoughtful design evolution, the high-end watch industry feels well-positioned for a dynamic and successful year ahead.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
14 Apr. 2025
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Fear comes from hearing our president say that any school, state or organization that disagrees with him may be cut off from funding and watching our president and Musk promote Tesla in front of the White House instead of strategizing the betterment of our individual rights.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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Last fall, his work earned him a Kyoto Prize, an international award given to people whose work is devoted to the betterment of humanity.—
Gary Robbins,
The Mercury News,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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According to the team, this behavior is comparable to birds that appear to deliberately use favorable thermal uplifts to reduce the energetic costs of flying.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
26 Mar. 2025
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That Nike deal only guaranteed the club a base of £30m per year, but uplifts including 20 per cent net royalties on club merchandise sales pushed their earnings from the deal over the £60m mark.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
The Athletic,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This evolution highlights the need to reimagine traditional processes—not simply digitize existing ones—so that AI becomes a proactive partner in decision-making and everyday operations.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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News of the evolution of an already perilous threat that can bypass 2FA protections that both Google and Microsoft have in place is, therefore, naturally of huge concern.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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The senators asked the Office of Government Ethics to probe whether any White House or executive branch officials, to include special government employees, were informed of the announcement in advance and what financial transactions were made by officials with knowledge of nonpublic information.—
Isabella Murray,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2025
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At issue are timing advance records, detailed location data from a phone that is only preserved for seven days.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Amelioration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amelioration. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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