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- noun obsolete
improvement ,betterment
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Examples
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Thanks to some blog-hopping I found the transcript of the very funny Daily Show exchange between Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert following President Bush's remarks about "embetterment" of the Palestinians.
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Like my Pa, Josh willed all of his mortal remains to the embetterment of science.
Ordinary People 2010
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“The federal government and the state government must not fear programs who change lives, but must welcome those faith-based programs for the embetterment of mankind.”
The Deluxe Election-Edition Bushisms Jacob Weisberg 2004
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“The federal government and the state government must not fear programs who change lives, but must welcome those faith-based programs for the embetterment of mankind.”
The Deluxe Election-Edition Bushisms Jacob Weisberg 2004
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I believe it's an opportunity for educators and parents to express their frustration to the embetterment of the public school system.
CNN Transcript - Special Event: Gov. Bush: 'I'm a Uniter, Not a Divider' - February 29, 2000 2000
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I would have thought, that not working together for the embetterment of our country, would be more embarrasing.
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This includes but is not limited to: writing good code (or improving / refactoring existing code), and managing their personal interactions with teammates toward rational consensus and general embetterment (a perfectly cromulent word).
doggdot.us 2008
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This includes but is not limited to: writing good code (or improving / refactoring existing code), and managing their personal interactions with teammates toward rational consensus and general embetterment (a perfectly cromulent word).
Slashdot: Book Reviews samzenpus 2008
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We've HAD real problems for the last 8 years -- it would just be a total of 12 years worth of nightmare embetterment and paying a buck-er-uh-a-buck-a-buck-four bucks a gallon.
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