improve
verb (used with object)
to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition.
are improving
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present progressiveof improve.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"Chinese-made chips are improving fast", Su said, with more collaborations likely to come.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
I want to hear whether unit costs are improving, whether benefits extend beyond the newest facilities and whether efficiency is helping Amazon absorb growth without a matching increase in resources.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
Such concerns and “expectations for an exit from reflationary policy are improving supply/demand conditions for long-tern bonds globally,” Nomura’s Naka Matsuzawa says in a research report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
"We've been told that the burns on her hands and feet are improving, although even after she recovers, she may not return 100 percent to how she was before she suffered the burns."
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Spirits are improving, our superoptimists are triumphant, the van Daans are doing disappearing acts with the sugar, Bep’s changed her hair, and Miep has a week off.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
