How to Use a good part of in a Sentence
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Maybe that would have been a good part of the book to change and expand on!
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
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Now 16 years old, Yaneli spent a good part of the night dancing.
—Lisa Song, ProPublica, 13 Apr. 2023
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The kitchen and dining areas use a good part of the main level, marked out by the teak floor.
—Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2020
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So, a good part of the reforms described here could be achieved by little more than cut and paste.
—John C. Goodman, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
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For a good part of the show, the action takes place with the four leads onstage confined to a lifeboat.
—Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
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Snow lovers may have been disappointed, but at least a good part of our region got a little bit of white stuff.
—A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
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Lack of football success for a good part of the 2010s decade was a problem.
—Ndaschel, oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2023
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Many travelers spend a good part of their time at the property lounging by the pool and taking in the views.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
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She’s been out of pocket for a good part of June, dealing with family matters.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 24 June 2024
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Paloma Blanca draws a good part of its clientele from its home in Alamo Heights.
—Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Feb. 2026
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Everyone has been on the same trail a good part of the year, and this was a chance to get together with one another.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
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Mikey Eyssimont also came up with a big block on Scott Laughton, who had a good part of the net at which to shoot.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
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For a good part of three quarters, Oregon State appeared to be on the way to ending its eight-game losing streak.
—oregonlive, 23 Feb. 2023
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Kimi lived with her Haitian father in Haiti for a good part of her life and didn’t talk to her mother for 20 years.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
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Her husband, Keith, was up a good part of the night getting the paper ready for distribution.
—Ted Koppel, CBS News, 2 July 2023
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Sunny skies prevail for a good part of the day but some high clouds may increase late while winds are light from the northwest at 5 to 10 mph.
—Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2023
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Redmayne is clever casting, as Cullen spends a good part of the movie being a loyal friend and confidante to Amy.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 21 Oct. 2022
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Volunteers worked a 12-hour day on Saturday and a good part of Sunday as well.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022
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In all my years in the music business, an artist never lived as close to my office as Michael Jackson did for a good part of that year.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
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While July was a bit of a hiccup, the Tigers have been dominating opponents a good part of the season.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Does this feel kind of surreal to you that a mob attacks the Capitol and a good part of Congress does not want to investigate this?
—CBS News, 27 July 2021
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While inventory has grown in recent months across the country, a good part of the surge has been driven by lower demand from struggling homebuyers.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
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Maybe not pure enough to drink straight from the river, but certainly clean enough to spend a good part of the day walking, wading and rinsing in the Rio Grande.
—Joe Yogerst, CNN, 16 June 2021
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Starting in the early twentieth century, the island was stripped of most of its phosphate deposits, a process that reduced a good part of it to a wasteland.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2021
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In the syntax of painting, the quality of line and the amount of pressure exerted in its making endow a painting with a good part of its energy.
—David Salle, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2022
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In that song, and for a good part of the album, Eilish turns her gaze toward characters outside herself and sets aside easy pop satisfactions.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 17 May 2024
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Sign up for a free mountain tour to learn the ins and outs of the slopes, or try some night skiing before hitting the hay (a good part of the mountain is open for skiing several nights each week).
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023
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Heat advisories continue for a good part of Alabama on Sunday, but relief is coming.
—Leigh Morgan, al, 1 Aug. 2021
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Takkarist McKinley spent a good part of Saturday visiting with club officials.
—Dallas News, 30 July 2022
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These movements, along with the fact that a good part of each class is spent out of the saddle, give the SoulCycle experience more of a dance-meets-cardio vibe.
—Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Aug. 2022
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