all the better
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Fender noted the new version - a sort of lyrical two-way conversation about the end of a relationship - was "all the better" for having her input.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
In fact, the book may be all the better for not strictly sticking to what she calls “a methodologically rigorous form of historical recovery and reconstruction.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
“I’m OK with competition. It’s all the better when you beat somebody who is more highly rated than you are.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026
If Bondi and Patel can bring some cases that actually result in a real trial, then all the better.
From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026
“Darn,” he said aloud when a woman came out with a hand up to shield her eyes so she might see him all the better.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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