Example Sentences

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An influx of foreign workers had ameliorated the problem somewhat, but that has now dried up.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 11, 2025

The titles could be individually turned on or off, a feature that Mr. Levine said had ameliorated his objection.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2021

The bigger stumbling block had been that Ellison serves in Congress — a problem he had ameliorated, at a DNC gathering last week, by saying he would quit that job if elected.

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2016

He believes that the climate of Germany at that time had ameliorated so far, after the maximum cold of the Glacial period, that steppes with a Siberian fauna could exist.

From The History of the European Fauna by Scharff, Robert Francis

It sufficed to them that he was unfortunate, and that they had ameliorated his condition, and all three lived together, happy and content, without knowing any circumstances of each other's previous condition.

From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Costello, Louisa Stuart