How to Use for the better in a Sentence

for the better

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  • Over the next four years, the Supreme Court could change this — for the better.
    — Kelly Shackelford, National Review, 10 Jan. 2025
  • What’s your view about how it’s changed the area for the better or worse?
    — Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
  • And she’s been trying to reach this point for the better part of the past decade.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2023
  • This was a year that my life changed for the better in the most precious way.
    — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
  • The ash plume forced the closure of most of Europe’s airspace for the better part of a week.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023
  • But protests, at their core, are an act of hope that things can change for the better.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2024
  • And that the worst and most misguided among us can change for the better.
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 11 June 2024
  • The lives of everyone involved in the song changed for the better in April 2014.
    — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 22 Apr. 2024
  • And will Iran change for the better without this hard-liner at the helm?
    — Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2024
  • Wages have been climbing faster than prices now for the better part of two years.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Ten years later, things haven’t changed for the better.
    — Lisa Bubert, Longreads, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Now that, at long last, the case has been decided, that has changed for the better.
    — The Editors, National Review, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The whole ordeal has left her feeling changed for the better.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2024
  • These honey badgers could change the world for the better.
    — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 26 Jan. 2024
  • A lot has changed since and, on balance, mostly for the better.
    — Will Hawkes, Saveur, 29 May 2024
  • Holmes drove around in an unmarked car for the better part of two hours on his gang unit shift.
    — Rachel Spacek, Idaho Statesman, 25 Jan. 2024
  • When things seem to start changing for the better, he is betrayed and escapes to the city.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Sitting in a cramped metal tube for the better part of a day (or more) is not good for you.
    — Chris Heasman, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2024
  • That’s only natural for the Warriors, a team that has been at the top of the league for the better part of a decade.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Think of these additions to your routine as changes for the better — no, the best!
    — Paige Stables, Allure, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Like things could change for the better if only a few teenagers with the right balance of spunk and smarts showed up.
    — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
  • That demand for music and creation has changed the city for the better.
    — Cat Sposato, AFAR Media, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Some stay in for three minutes; others splash around for the better part of an hour.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2024
  • The answer, at least for us mere mortals, is no, and that’s likely for the better.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The baby is going to change our life only for the better.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 31 May 2023
  • With only 15 games left before tonight's matchup for the Bucks and 14 left for the Warriors, a lot can change for the better or for the worse.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Shapiro and Bennett both left the moment feeling changed for the better.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2024
  • An offer that has the potential to change your life for the better over the coming years.
    — Debbie Frank, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Your intercession isn’t likely to change things for the better, no matter how good your intentions are.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Their subsequent relationship is messy and hard to define, but by the end of Licorice Pizza, there's a sense that, after a series of misadventures through L.A., both have changed for the better.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2025

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