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
Though the theory about the film’s narrative structure might not have played out exactly as many speculated, Fennell’s adaptation is all the better for it.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 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 you wanted to be the best, you had to live and breathe this life, and if I could learn from my classmates’ mistakes and avoid making my own, all the better.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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