a good part of

idiom

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

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Lim and Cho both come from South Korea, and people of Korean heritage make up a good part of their considerable fan base. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025 So, a good part of the reforms described here could be achieved by little more than cut and paste. John C. Goodman, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025 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 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 14 Mar. 2025.

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