quite a while

noun

: a long time
It has been quite a while since I last saw her.

Examples of quite a while in a Sentence

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“Quite a while.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quite%20a%20while. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.

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