the best/better/greater part of
idiom
: 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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From Jack Harris: For the better part of almost two months, the Dodgers have been a .500 team.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
For the better part of two weeks, Democrats have vented those frustrations to one another over the phone and by text without any serious mobilization against Biden.
—David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 July 2024
Holliday, 20, has spent the greater part of the past two months at Triple-A Norfolk working to correct the mistakes that surfaced during his first stint in the major leagues.
—Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2024
The Toledo Zoo’s newest addition will be with its mom, Yasmin, for the better part of the next decade.
—Julia Daye, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2024
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
For the better part of two weeks, Democrats have vented those frustrations to one another over the phone and by text without any serious mobilization against Biden.
—David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 July 2024
Holliday, 20, has spent the greater part of the past two months at Triple-A Norfolk working to correct the mistakes that surfaced during his first stint in the major leagues.
—Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2024
The Toledo Zoo’s newest addition will be with its mom, Yasmin, for the better part of the next decade.
—Julia Daye, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2024
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