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They were bettering each other and themselves, but not necessarily doing the right thing for the customers at that time.

From The Verge • May 3, 2022

At a time when people of color were disproportionately being sickened and killed by the pandemic, Allegra and Kimberly were bettering life from the core, caring for mothers and their infants.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2021

Jamie grew churlish, as was the poor fellow's manner when he could not be kind, and tried even to carry it off jauntily, as if St. Clair were bettering himself.

From Pirate Gold by Stimson, Frederic Jesup