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improver

American  
[im-proo-ver] / ɪmˈpru vər /

noun

  • improvers
    plural
  1. a person or thing that improves.

  2. a substance or agent added to improve a food, especially as a preservative.


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Etymology

Origin of improver

First recorded in 1640–50; improve + -er 1

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Badosa was overwhelmed by Qinwen Zheng, the 19-year-old rapid improver from China, 6-3, 6-2.

From Seattle Times Sep. 21, 2022

Tesla founder Elon Musk makes a plausible argument that Tesla’s “Autopilot” is a net improver of safety.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2016

Like many inventors, Bob Nepper, 82, is a compulsive improver.

From New York Times Apr. 17, 2015

He proved he is hungry, a persistent improver and can handle the moment.

From Golf Digest Dec. 5, 2012

She came on the platform, looking lovely, and she had on a sash and a dress improver that I never saw equalled for elegance.

From Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse by Various

The average price of fertilizer and soil improvers almost doubled in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period in 2021, while energy and lubricant prices rose by 55.6%.

From Reuters Jul. 1, 2022

Electronic music by Éliane Radigue will share space with a summit by two leading piano improvers, Kris Davis and Craig Taborn.

From New York Times Feb. 26, 2020

Yes, more often than not those teams were fodder for the big guns, but they were improvers who delivered some of the World Cup’s greatest moments.

From Seattle Times May 23, 2019

Photograph: David Levene In the 1960s, local authorities and urban improvers looked at Victorian terraces and declared them slums.

From The Guardian Dec. 5, 2010

He admires the marquis of Rockingham, at once the most honourable of statesmen and most judicious of improvers.

From The English Utilitarians, Volume I. by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

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