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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For the greater part of the past six decades, the analog tradition has been a staple of East Coast summers.
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Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2025
BritBox‘s Outrageous chronicles the lives of the Mitford sisters, British aristocrats whose exploits filled British gossip columns for the better part of the 1930s.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 24 June 2025
For the better part of a decade, figures who spend most of their time around ideologically consistent thinkers have attempted to define what Trump represents.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 24 June 2025
For the better part of two decades, online search was synonymous with Google.
—Pawel Rzeszucinski, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
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Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2025
BritBox‘s Outrageous chronicles the lives of the Mitford sisters, British aristocrats whose exploits filled British gossip columns for the better part of the 1930s.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 24 June 2025
For the better part of a decade, figures who spend most of their time around ideologically consistent thinkers have attempted to define what Trump represents.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 24 June 2025
For the better part of two decades, online search was synonymous with Google.
—Pawel Rzeszucinski, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
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“The best/better/greater part of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20best%2Fbetter%2Fgreater%20part%20of. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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