for the better
idiom
: so as to produce improvement
The new policy is a change for the better.
My father's health has recently taken a turn for the better.
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However, their luck changed for the better when a couple called Dawn and Brett agreed to foster the three puppies, kick-starting a fortuitous chain of events.
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Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
Yet school choice isn’t the only marquee conservative reform that might finally get to Governor Abbott’s desk this year after being stymied in the Texas House for the better part of a decade.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
The reconciliation package now being debated in the U.S. House of Representatives will reform Medi-Cal, California’s version of Medicaid, the state-run safety-net health insurance program for the better.
—Anthony Digiorgio, Oc Register, 20 May 2025
The story of Dolton is not just about Pope Leo, but about how communities in America change - and not always for the better, due to poverty, crime and lack of jobs.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 19 May 2025
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Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
Yet school choice isn’t the only marquee conservative reform that might finally get to Governor Abbott’s desk this year after being stymied in the Texas House for the better part of a decade.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
The reconciliation package now being debated in the U.S. House of Representatives will reform Medi-Cal, California’s version of Medicaid, the state-run safety-net health insurance program for the better.
—Anthony Digiorgio, Oc Register, 20 May 2025
The story of Dolton is not just about Pope Leo, but about how communities in America change - and not always for the better, due to poverty, crime and lack of jobs.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 19 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for for the better
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“For the better.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20the%20better. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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