quite a while

noun

: a long time
It has been quite a while since I last saw her.

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This might be my last villain for quite a while. Jeff Spry, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025 Software developers who already know how to write code have been extensively playing around with generative AI to do code generation for quite a while. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 For quite a while, Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs was thought to be nearly invincible. Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025 For all of Apple's gaming efforts, the company still tends to be announcing the same kinds of games: AAA titles from a couple of years ago that have already been available on the PC and consoles for quite a while. ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for quite a while

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“Quite a while.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quite%20a%20while. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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