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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Their subsequent relationship is messy and hard to define, but by the end of Licorice Pizza, there's a sense that, after a series of misadventures through L.A., both have changed for the better.
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Your intercession isn’t likely to change things for the better, no matter how good your intentions are.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
Now celebrating its 35th anniversary, the film remains one of the most charming, winsome depictions of super-smart science whizzes idealistically hoping to change the world for the better with their work.
—ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2025
In 1965, reforms at the Vatican II council signaled a radical change for the better in Catholic-Jewish relations.
—Shalom Goldman, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2025
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Your intercession isn’t likely to change things for the better, no matter how good your intentions are.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
Now celebrating its 35th anniversary, the film remains one of the most charming, winsome depictions of super-smart science whizzes idealistically hoping to change the world for the better with their work.
—ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2025
In 1965, reforms at the Vatican II council signaled a radical change for the better in Catholic-Jewish relations.
—Shalom Goldman, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 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 14 Apr. 2025.
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