How to Use for the better in a Sentence

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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Think of these additions to your routine as changes for the better — no, the best!
    — Paige Stables, Allure, 1 Oct. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Will this quirky teacher change his students’ lives for the better?
    — Pat Padua, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Depending on the next two days, his opinion could change — for the better.
    — Bob Gillespie, Charlotte Observer, 19 July 2024
  • But Sunday lunch has changed because Italy has changed — in some ways for the better, in other ways for the busier.
    — Frank Bruni Laura May Todd, New York Times, 13 May 2024
  • Spring is a great time to make changes in your life for the better, including find lasting love.
    — Cheryl Maida, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Gemini May 21-June 20 A fresh group of friends may be changing you for the better.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Hitomi: Ichikawa’s own changes are changes for the better.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2024
  • This will engender a new era in global golf, for the better.
    — Town & Country, 6 June 2023
  • All eyes are trained on the woman in the center, the person many credit with changing their lives for the better.
    — USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
  • This joint effort between Tech and the Kansas City Symphony has been in the works for the better part of a year.
    — J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2024
  • Communicate that its purpose is to change the world for the better.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Simone Biles has overshadowed the sport of gymnastics for the better part of a decade, but hasn’t won an Olympic gold medal since 2016 in Rio.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 30 July 2024
  • Despite the tragedy that impacted his life — and the lives of so many NBA stars — the Spanish basketball player said that first-time parenthood changed him for the better.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 29 July 2024

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