Improved
Improved adjective - Being far along in development.
Usage example: an improved version of the software is now available
Past
Past adjective - Having been such at some previous time.
Both words in one sentence
- Guess the standards of "weapon forged" has improved in the past six hundred years.
Source: Reality Ensues / Live-Action TV - Just think of how the world could be improved by having access to a learned person from centuries past who knows many things now forgotten!
- Luckily, the North American Club Nintendo has slightly improved their rewards in the past few years and they also started to include Virtual Console games as well.
Source: No Export For You / Video Games
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