better part

Example Sentences

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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

This placed Spalding, for the better part of a decade, as the most powerful owner in baseball.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

In fact, he’s been saying it explicitly for the better part of 40 years: “We should take the oil.”

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

Bale has admitted in interviews that he never thought that it would take the better part of two decades to realize his dream project.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026

It took the better part of the afternoon before the ironbom were ready to depart.

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