How to Use for the better in a Sentence

for the better

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  • Some things got worse; many things didn’t change for the better.
    — Alan J. Borsuk, jsonline.com, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Fouad then asked if money changes things for the better.
    — Ryan Brennan march 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2026
  • But my phone had been blowing up for the better part of an hour.
    — Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Fouad asked if money changes things for the better.
    — Ryan Brennan march 3, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
  • But protests, at their core, are an act of hope that things can change for the better.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2024
  • That’s for the better of the player.
    — Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Things have clearly changed for the better, though.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2026
  • But in the last 10 years, things have changed for the better.
    — Sara Liss, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
  • This was a year that my life changed for the better in the most precious way.
    — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
  • The thousands of hours helped most of the youths and changed lives for the better.
    — Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • And she’s been trying to reach this point for the better part of the past decade.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2023
  • Park didn't leave the ER for the better part of a year.
    — David Oliver, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Your family will feel fed for the better part of the day.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026
  • But a postseason trip can age a young group for the better.
    — Mike Kaye january 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • Nick’s life changed after Sochi, and not for the better.
    — Outside Online, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The whole ordeal has left her feeling changed for the better.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2024
  • And the pandemic forced him to live at home for the better part of a year.
    — Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2026
  • And that the worst and most misguided among us can change for the better.
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 11 June 2024
  • Spending a year in prison has changed him for the better, Combs.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2025
  • A lot has changed since and, on balance, mostly for the better.
    — Will Hawkes, Saveur, 29 May 2024
  • But a lot has changed for the better on the South Side since then.
    — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 12 July 2026
  • Will this quirky teacher change his students’ lives for the better?
    — Pat Padua, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Some stay in for three minutes; others splash around for the better part of an hour.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Belichick roamed the field during pregame warmups for the better part of a half-hour.
    — Aaron Beard, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Now that, at long last, the case has been decided, that has changed for the better.
    — The Editors, National Review, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Over the next four years, the Supreme Court could change this — for the better.
    — Kelly Shackelford, National Review, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Is this really for the better good?
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • It was essentially stuck in place for the better part of a decade.
    — Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2025
  • The aesthetic has more or less defined the mouse for the better part of a decade.
    — PC Magazine, 19 May 2025

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