The phrase "actually improve upon" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing enhancements or advancements made to an existing idea, product, or process.
Example: "The new software update is designed to actually improve upon the previous version's performance and user experience."
Alternatives: "truly enhance" or "genuinely build on".
Is there any world, for instance assuming that the amount and allocation of the funding could be resolved (probably crazy talk), in which switching to block granting may actually improve upon the status quo?
Does our modern model of cloud delivery of software services synchronized across data centers actually improve upon installed software from decades ago?
Cable's original benefit was better reception and more choices, something the internet, which further removes the barrier of time constraints from the equation, making all programming immediately accessible, can actually improve upon.
Some even argue that certain more nimble cryptos like Litecoin, Feathercoin, or (my favorite) Dogecoin, actually improve upon what Bitcoin started.
"I want what we consume to actually improve upon the natural world," he explains, adding that Kalu Yala means "sacred land" in Kuna, the language of Panama's largest indigenous group.
Although many advances were reported throughout the conference, these latter talks were perhaps the most inspiring in that they showed how genomic information could be used not just to understand or diagnose disease but to actually improve upon the treatments of today, truly moving us towards the goals that lie beyond the genome.
For certain subjects, Hockney explained, the backlit display actually improved upon paper and canvas.
James Stewart Polshek, the Rose Center's architect, actually improves upon Boulée by fashioning the enclosure from glass, its transparency a symbol for the clarity pursued by science.
Note-by-note cooking promises to add unadulterated nutritional value to dishes of all kinds, actually improving upon the health benefits of so-called natural foods.
Is it possible that, simply by tweaking the spirits, adding a little more herbiness here and a touch less sweetness there, Mr. Westergren has actually improved upon the original formula?
Stir-fried sticky rice, a dim-sum standby served in lotus leaves or little bowls, gets deep flavor from smoked bacon, Chinese sausage, dried shrimp and shiitake mushrooms — flavor that actually improves upon reheating.
