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For the better part of a year, I spent myriad sleepless nights wrestling with my conscience.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
That’s perfectly fine too, and might even be the better part of valor, not to say emotional maturity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
“The situation in Iran is certainly the primary driver of longer-duration yields, as it has been for the better part of two months,” said Chip Hughey, managing director, fixed income, at Truist Advisory Services.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
So why are they selling after pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the property over the better part of a decade?
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
It stayed, looking for an exit, for the better part of an hour.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
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