bettered

past tense of better

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bettered Yet again, nobody on the field bettered the Bosnian’s 13 defensive contributions, the majority of which came down to his nine clearances. — Beren Cross, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 Gogel rose 12 places with his 7-under 63, bettered only by Scotland's Stephen Gallacher in fifth with an 8-under 62, which included nine birdies. — ABC News, 26 July 2026 Defensively, France has also only conceded twice so far – a record bettered only by Spain which has let in one goal. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 14 July 2026 The Flames have bettered their conference finish every season since joining in 2023, winning both the regular-season and tournament titles this year. — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026 Her 13th place there is unlikely to be bettered at the real thing. — Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 11 May 2026 Rare is the Broadway season that hasn’t been bettered by an August Wilson revival, and this very busy spring is no exception. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bettered
Verb
  • The outbreak in the Tampa area has surpassed Florida’s previous record and is nearing the 264 cases reported during Hawaii’s 2015-16 outbreak.
    — Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Just over 24 hours after its release, Panteón Rococó’s Tiny Desk session had already surpassed 1 million views on YouTube.
    — Natalia Cano, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Although the food situation has improved since last year’s famine, Israel continues to restrict humanitarian aid, allowing only a fraction of the daily 600 truckloads required in the cease-fire deal to enter the territory.
    — KHALED ELGINDY, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026
  • OpenAI also did not include full prompts or run-time details for how their agents uncovered the proofs, and officials admitted in a blog post about the results that citations and written descriptions of findings could be improved in future releases.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • This is the first time in its history that the company has exceeded 100 trillion won, propelled by booming AI demand.
    — Justina Lee, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Cecily Brown’s Untitled (Paradise) and Oscar Murillo’s geographical avalanche also exceeded their high estimates, each selling for $141,900.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The destroyer has enhanced electrical power distribution and additional cooling capacity to support its advanced systems.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
  • If the liminal atmosphere in Backrooms, enhanced by the cinematography of Jeremy Cox, gave you a sense of dread, his camera work on Concrete Turned to Sand will take you into a very different space – oyster farms in British Columbia, Canada.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The result eclipsed England’s previous highest score against Croatia, 5-1 in World Cup qualifying in 2009 at Wembley.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The homer eclipsed Babe Ruth’s 34-year-old single-season home run record.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • His pole position is the first this year for a car powered by a non-Mercedes engine after Mercedes, McLaren and Alpine — all with Mercedes power — topped every qualifying session until now.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • In the past year alone, the group has topped the Billboard 200 twice with November EP DO IT and August’s THIS & THAT.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Bettered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bettered. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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