Improve
Prefer
Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Shipper on Deck: Yahiko suggests that Kaoru should improve her cooking skills, as men prefer women who are good cooks, then glance at Kenshin and tells her that someone might take him away.
Source: Film / Rurouni Kenshin -
Some Robotech fans consider the addition of Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross and Genesis Climber MOSPEADA to the original Super Dimension Fortress Macross storyline to improve all three series, or at least prefer them to the official Macross sequels.
Source: Fandom Rivalry -
They all cast psychic glamours that improve their appearance — even the ones that aren't vain about their appearance prefer to at least seem alive, which without the glamour it's immediately obvious they're not.
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