How to Use the best/better/greater part of in a Sentence
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For LaMarr, the best part of The Groundlings is the camaraderie.
—Anne Easton, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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That in itself may be the best part of the deal right now.
—Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
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Frankly, the Celtics have been running the East for the better part of the past decade.
—Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
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For the better part of the next two decades, Padalecki would emerge as the face of The CW.
—Max Gao, Variety, 27 June 2024
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The Knicks have spent the greater part of the last three decades just trying to get back to this point.
—James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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The Kralj home, where the greater part of the action takes place, is stunning.
—Alissa Simon, Variety, 17 Aug. 2024
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BeatKing has been the best part of the club for over a decade.
—Asia Moore, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
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For the better part of two months, the press had been brutal.
—Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
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That’s the best part of doing something that goes so far in the world.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 15 May 2024
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Nick Chubb has spent the better part of a decade as the heart and soul of the Cleveland Browns.
—CBS News, 19 Sep. 2023
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Smith had spent the better part of two decades on and off Death Row.
—Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 4 June 2024
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That was always the best part of my year, going to host the show for a week.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 11 July 2025
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The Nokia name may continue elsewhere in the world for the best part of the next year.
—PC Magazine, 11 July 2025
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Then Power, who’d worked the case for the best part of six months, got the tip of a lifetime.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
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Deepdale had a plastic pitch for the best part of a decade.
—Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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But that’s not even the best part of the Spark GO for learning guitarists.
—Spin Contributor, Spin, 18 Aug. 2023
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The ash plume forced the closure of most of Europe’s airspace for the better part of a week.
—Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023
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Neil Young‘s first tour with Crazy Horse for the better part of a decade has hit a speed bump.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 27 June 2024
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Fossil fuels still run the greater part of the world and will not run out of road soon.
—Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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For Wohl, releasing the owls back into the wild is the best part of her job.
—Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2024
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To be able to build the trust of the Taliban and film with them for the greater part of a year is so commendable.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
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Chen agreed that adding supply was the best part of Harris’ plan.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
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And for many, the best part of the day is watching not one, not two, but three football games, back to back.
—Shivani Gonzalez, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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To have that direct impact on the guys, that’s always going to be the best part of the job.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
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It’s taken me the better part of eighteen months to sit and write this.
—Justine Murphy, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2024
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No, because the best part of life really is the process in the basement.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
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For the mom-to-be, the best part of the entire day was hearing Sullivan's speech.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024
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Wages have been climbing faster than prices now for the better part of two years.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025
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But the best part of those wins (even better than seeing Cousin Greg, a.k.a.
—Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
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Your Kindle Day has now been extended into an event that lasts the best part of a week.
—PC Magazine, 17 July 2025
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