better part
Example Sentences
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"We have not spoken publicly for the better part of the last two years, and it's not because we haven't had anything to say," Baldoni said.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
The couple, who share three children, then spent the better part of a year building their dream dwelling on the expansive parcel.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
American schools have wrestled with learning loss for the better part of a decade and no one has found a panacea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
“The more I understood today’s dating apps, the more clear it became that they have been for the better part of two decades now, designed, tweaked, redesigned, rebuilt, to not work,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
She had been awarded tickets to the 9/11 memorial service for her charity work, because she had spent the better part of the entire last year helping to set up the temporary memorial.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
