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It is time to face the fact that Gregg failed to put the death penalty on a sound footing and that nothing can improve on Gregg’s frailties.
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
"I hope that in the future we'll be able to improve on the ways that we currently diagnose," she says.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
"But they offer a trajectory for improvement. We need to continue to improve on multiple areas -- materials, circuits and packaging -- to make this technology ready for data center applications."
From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026
Loan growth is expected to be primarily driven by non-truck loans, while truck loans should slightly improve on Thailand government’s budget disbursements in 2H, the analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
If you needed to illustrate the idea of nineteenth-century America as a land of opportunity, you could hardly improve on the life of Albert Michelson.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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