better part

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

As she pressed on over the better part of a year, a second idea came to her “like a fever dream.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 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

Except the UBA is more intricate: “Henry had spent the better part of two months just working with the problem of odds and equilibrium points in an effort to approximate that complexity.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

In this company, silence was the better part of wisdom, but Tyrion could not help himself.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin