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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
better .
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Examples
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I think you take responsibility for the decisions that you make, and you try to make the situation bettered, which is what I have been trying to do consistently.
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This extensive report has yet to be "bettered" or superceded by anything equivalent.
What the British Chiropractic Association - and English Libel Law - should do next Jack of Kent 2009
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His predecessor in this career had "bettered" himself, or endeavoured to do so, by seeking the practice of some large town, and Lady Arabella, at a very critical time, was absolutely left with no other advice than that of
Doctor Thorne Anthony Trollope 1848
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As a manifesto against protectionism, economic planning and grasping rentier behavior, the "Wealth of Nations" has never been bettered.
A Wealth Of Ideas Jeffrey Collins 2010
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Though Ms. Peters is in fragile voice, her acting is touchingly intense, and her colleagues, Mr. Burstein in particular, give powerhouse performances that couldn't be bettered.
When Faith Draws Blood Terry Teachout 2011
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On November 5, students from throughout the state, as the Student Advisory Board on Education, gathered in Sacramento to begin discussions about the ways that their education system could be bettered.
Jonathan Jeffrey: The Lesson that California Can Teach the Nation Jonathan Jeffrey 2011
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On November 5, students from throughout the state, as the Student Advisory Board on Education, gathered in Sacramento to begin discussions about the ways that their education system could be bettered.
Jonathan Jeffrey: The Lesson that California Can Teach the Nation Jonathan Jeffrey 2011
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As a story the narrative arc could not have been bettered.
How the media in Chile helped focus the eyes of the world on the miners Rory Carroll 2010
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On November 5, students from throughout the state, as the Student Advisory Board on Education, gathered in Sacramento to begin discussions about the ways that their education system could be bettered.
Jonathan Jeffrey: The Lesson that California Can Teach the Nation Jonathan Jeffrey 2011
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Until he was sent off Torres was the brightest player, offering a display that was peppered with menacing movementand muscular surges, with the chested control of Mata's lob after 29 minutes only bettered by the pirouette and finish beyond Michel Vorm.
Chelsea put skids under Swansea – with Lampard then Torres looking on 2011
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