improve on/upon
phrasal verb
improved on/upon; improving on/upon; improves on/upon
: to do better than (something previously done)
After months of study, I improved on my original score.
It'll be hard to improve upon the success they had last year.
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That mission will see a Falcon 9 carrying up the lunar lander Athena for commercial company Intuitive Machines, which is trying to improve on the historic landing in 2024 of its Odysseus lander that touched down, but tipped on its side.
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Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2025
Each generation of parents hopes to improve upon the shortcomings of the last.
—Brianne Hogan, Parents, 4 Feb. 2025
Regardless of whether any of these efforts will actually translate into clinical reality, the quest to synthesize and even improve on blood has taught us volumes about it.
—Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
The Phoenix Suns are trying to figure out how to improve on a season that's had a lot more downs than ups lately.
—Jeremy Duda, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
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Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2025
Each generation of parents hopes to improve upon the shortcomings of the last.
—Brianne Hogan, Parents, 4 Feb. 2025
Regardless of whether any of these efforts will actually translate into clinical reality, the quest to synthesize and even improve on blood has taught us volumes about it.
—Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
The Phoenix Suns are trying to figure out how to improve on a season that's had a lot more downs than ups lately.
—Jeremy Duda, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for improve on/upon
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“Improve on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/improve%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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