a good part of

idiom

: a large amount of
Babies spend a good part of the day sleeping.

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For a good part of the night, KU’s offense struggled to manufacture quality shots without Harris. Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025 Fifteen days after fire ripped through Pacific Palisades, destroying his house on Iliff Street and reducing a good part of his school to rubble, Jonathan Fuhrman pulled up to the kitchen table of his temporary Brentwood home, logged into his laptop and launched Zoom. Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025 Dad hated the deniers, and devoted a good part of his life to making sure the Apollo 11 history and the legacy of the singular moment remained intact. Scott Lebar, Sacramento Bee, 20 July 2024 That said, historically intense heat waves remain possible through a good part of August. Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 19 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for a good part of 

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“A good part of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20good%20part%20of. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.

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