Example Sentences

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The feat of the Pyramids fit with the mind-set of the Masons, who employ masonry and construction as a metaphor for self-betterment.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2023

That’s why I’m asking you to share — completely anonymously — some of your biggest New Year’s resolution regrets, your laughable lapses in self-betterment and your epic failures on follow-through.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2022

"Embedded within the achievements of American history are the tools of self-betterment and self-renewal that our country has always deployed on the journey to become a more perfect union," the letter continues.

From Fox News • Aug. 17, 2021

You can use this moment for self-betterment, or you can be selfish and let yourself spin out of control.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2020

It is, secondly, a struggle for the self-betterment of the working classes; and it is, thirdly, a protest against certain conditions that the present organization of society imposes upon mankind.

From Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Orth, Samuel P.