How to Use the best/better/greater part of in a Sentence

the best/better/greater part of

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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
  • The Kralj home, where the greater part of the action takes place, is stunning.
    — Alissa Simon, Variety, 17 Aug. 2024
  • That’s the best part of doing something that goes so far in the world.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 15 May 2024
  • Nick Chubb has spent the better part of a decade as the heart and soul of the Cleveland Browns.
    — CBS News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Smith had spent the better part of two decades on and off Death Row.
    — Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 4 June 2024
  • 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
  • But that’s not even the best part of the Spark GO for learning guitarists.
    — Spin Contributor, Spin, 18 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Chen agreed that adding supply was the best part of Harris’ plan.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • It’s taken me the better part of eighteen months to sit and write this.
    — Justine Murphy, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2024
  • For the mom-to-be, the best part of the entire day was hearing Sullivan's speech.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024
  • But the best part of those wins (even better than seeing Cousin Greg, a.k.a.
    — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
  • From Jack Harris: For the better part of almost two months, the Dodgers have been a .500 team.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
  • Fifteen wins in a row for you guys, what has been the best part of your senior year so far?
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Inflation has been at the top of consumers’ minds for the better part of the past two years.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Though neither team made it to the final dance, their triumphs over the Reign were the best part of the playoffs.
    — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2023
  • For the better part of the next two weeks, the two sides presented their cases.
    — Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Holmes drove around in an unmarked car for the better part of two hours on his gang unit shift.
    — Rachel Spacek, Idaho Statesman, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Sitting in a cramped metal tube for the better part of a day (or more) is not good for you.
    — Chris Heasman, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2024
  • Here's a band who for the best part of 30 years, had never really done this.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • In the southern hemisphere, Chile has been reeling from drought for the better part of a decade.
    — Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • One thing researchers know for sure — symptoms can last the better part of a month.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Evans died in 2019, and Zaslav has spent the better part of the last four years restoring the property.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Spring cleaning isn’t exactly the best part of the season.
    — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Carollo has not lived in the Morris Lane home for the better part of the last seven years.
    — Joey Flechas, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Usher can’t help that people have been swooning over him for the better part of the past three decades.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Arguably, the best part of Kenny’s set wasn’t the five-peat of this diss record, but the gang unification.
    — Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 20 June 2024

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