the best/better/greater part of
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: more than half of (something) : most of (something)
It took us the better part of a week to finish the job.
We've been waiting for the best part of an hour.
They live here for the greater part of the year.
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Smith had spent the better part of two decades on and off Death Row.
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Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 4 June 2024
But everybody else kept getting in the way: not just inadvertently complicating Harry’s efforts to stop a rival alien race, the Greys, from conquering the planet, but simply stealing focus from the best part of the show.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2024
Elias spent the greater part of this winter scouring the trade market for a starting pitcher before eventually landing the best arm available in Burnes.
—Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 16 Feb. 2024
That’s a drastic reversal for the company, which has sold items in all of its stores for the better part of the past 10 years.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 20 May 2024
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Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 4 June 2024
But everybody else kept getting in the way: not just inadvertently complicating Harry’s efforts to stop a rival alien race, the Greys, from conquering the planet, but simply stealing focus from the best part of the show.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2024
Elias spent the greater part of this winter scouring the trade market for a starting pitcher before eventually landing the best arm available in Burnes.
—Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 16 Feb. 2024
That’s a drastic reversal for the company, which has sold items in all of its stores for the better part of the past 10 years.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 20 May 2024
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