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Example sentences for: betterment

How can you use “betterment” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

It wouldn't be good news for Republican politicians, either, if the left listened to Rorty and joined a common crusade for social betterment.
But even when parents were asked if they would prefer other arrangements--and who among us resists betterment?
It is I, the great Shopping Avenger, who has pledged himself to the betterment of all humankind, or at least to that portion of humankind that shops at Circuit City and rents trucks from U-Haul.
My worry is that we will ignore important human needs at the expense of frivolous human desires; that dominant social norms will crowd out those of the minority; that the self-improvement agenda will be set not by individuals, but by powerful corporate interests; and that in the pursuit of betterment, we will actually make ourselves worse off.
Here's a thought: Maybe Black, Scholes, and Merton were interested in serving the public good, and the giveaway was strictly for the betterment of humanity!