Example Sentences

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The abattoir owners insist that they are bettering the country by generating jobs and paying handsome prices for unneeded donkeys.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2018

In a society where negative perceptions of police and convicts are pervasive, he said, it is a tough task to fight those stigmas — and, for felons, to prove they are bettering their lives.

From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2016