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The breakthrough revived the program and led the industry to produce and improve on Compound E, renamed cortisone, yielding medicines such as Merck’s own Decadron.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Today’s version would expand and improve on Medicare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
As amusing as it is, “Marble Hall Murders” doesn’t improve on its predecessors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
It was always likely Pakistan would improve on their performance from Leeds, simply because the tourists could not play much worse.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
I doubt whether any of us could think of a way to improve on it, beyond maybe shifting a local cloud from here to there on occasion.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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