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 development marks “a notable shift from the largely seat-based model that has defined the franchise for the better part of a decade,” the analyst added.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 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
Take us the better part of the day to get there and back on shank’s ponies.”
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
