better part

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

It takes the better part of those months for Herr Thiessen to complete the clock.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern