quite some time

noun

: a long period of time
I haven't seen her for quite some time.

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Their improvement on the farm is doubly important now, with an ownership group that has not spent on MLB payroll in quite some time. Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 The pair had already been dating for quite some time before that, which Swift previously clarified in a Time interview. Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026 From a longer-term perspective, the 200-day moving average won’t appear for quite some time. Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026 This might be the country’s best chance for quite some time, given that the likes of Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner are not in the picture. Ben Church, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for quite some time

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“Quite some time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quite%20some%20time. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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