better part

Example Sentences

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Inflation vigilance is always necessary, but caution may be the better part of that vigilance given the energy price shock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

For the better part of a year, I spent myriad sleepless nights wrestling with my conscience.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

“The situation in Iran is certainly the primary driver of longer-duration yields, as it has been for the better part of two months,” said Chip Hughey, managing director, fixed income, at Truist Advisory Services.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

So why are they selling after pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the property over the better part of a decade?

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

“All of Jackson’s servants were African American slaves who had worked under Mrs. Jackson’s management probably for the better part of their lives,” says Seale.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis