better part

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

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

His career was taking off after the better part of a decade doing sets at the Comedy Store, where he was the first Vietnamese American person to work as a door guy.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

The U.S. took up the banner of free trade after World War II and then spent the better part of eight decades building the global order around it.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 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