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quite a bit

Idioms  

  1. Also, quite a few; quite a lot. A considerable or moderate amount, as in There's still quite a bit of snow on the ground, or Quite a few parking spaces are open. [Second half of 1800s]

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He added: "If they're not shearing all year round, they're losing their skills, they're losing their muscle memory to shear and it takes them quite a bit of time to get back up to speed again."

From BBC

Yields are “still quite a bit lower than they were even in the summer of last year,” he said in a phone interview on Friday.

From Barron's

Yields are “still quite a bit lower than they were even in the summer of last year,” he said in a phone interview on Friday.

From Barron's

“You’re saving me quite a bit of work here,” she added.

From Literature

But sometimes, the front month can trade quite a bit higher than the second month, thus generating profits if you are aligned that way in the spread.

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