How to Use improve on/upon in a Sentence
improve on/upon
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But the Knicks didn’t do enough to improve on their 47-35 record (fifth place in the East).
—Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 3 July 2023
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In the draft The Rams will try to repeat or improve on their success in the 2023 draft.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
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The Suns look to improve on that in Game 2 as the offense was stagnant at times in Game 1.
—Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2023
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And sometimes there’s a lot of room to improve on the original.
—Jessica Carbone, Saveur, 19 Dec. 2023
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The researchers plan to open-source this tool so that others can expand and improve on the work.
—Josh Hendrickson, PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2024
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The problem is, the film fails to improve upon the original.
—Jack Francis, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2023
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The Rooney Rule clearly has good intentions, but how can the league improve on it?
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2023
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One big thing the city needs to improve on is road maintenance and repair.
—Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2024
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Perhaps the only way to improve on a great burrito is to give it a swim in hot oil.
—Joe Yonan, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
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SpaceX will try to improve on that with the second test flight of the Super Heavy-Starship rocket.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2023
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Still, the creators acknowledged some things season two could do to improve on the first.
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 1 Mar. 2024
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Kentucky has the firepower to keep up, but needs to improve on the defensive end to avoid a fourth league loss.
—USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2024
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Getsy was pretty clear about what was working well and what the Bears needed to improve on.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2024
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But the way to build and improve upon them isn’t to try to gain as much access as possible to users’ data.
—WIRED, 10 Aug. 2023
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This season will be no different as the Falcons look to improve on last year’s 3-6 record.
—Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2023
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Jackson has the potential to add to that legacy and perhaps even improve on it.
—Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
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However, most of these symptoms are felt for only a short time and improve on their own.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 5 July 2024
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The team will be back next year, looking to improve on their impressive third-place finish.
—Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 12 June 2023
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Riker, ahead of Summer, developed goals to improve on the field, and made a plans to accomplish them.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2024
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The strategy sessions will give Trump a chance to improve on his performance in 2020.
—Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 June 2024
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It's assumed the new B-21 will improve on a 30-year-old technology.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 2 Dec. 2022
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Next up is a Phase 3 trial later this year that will attempt to replicate those results and then improve on them.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2022
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There was never any intention of trying to improve on it or surpass it in any way.
—Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 3 May 2024
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Whatever artillery the British Army buys next in particular should improve on the mediocre range of the AS-90.
—David Axe, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
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Zoom out: The report lands as Carmel is already working to improve on multiple fronts.
—Justin L. MacK, Axios, 10 July 2024
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In fact, these vintage-style bulbs improve on the originals in almost every way.
—Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Jan. 2024
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Shooting from long range is something the Boilermakers will have to improve on.
—Evan Frank, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Mar. 2023
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Anthony Volpe, the pride of New Jersey, needs to improve upon his rookie season and avoid the sophomore slump.
—Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
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Not much has changed at the restaurant in terms of its culinary style over the years—why try to improve on seafood classics like shrimp remoulade and oysters Rockefeller?
—Megan Dubois, Chron, 14 Mar. 2023
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The extra length was utilized to improve upon legroom for rear-seat passengers.
—Car and Driver, 20 June 2023
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