for (quite) some time

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: for a somewhat long time

She has been living there for (quite) some time.

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Read More: The New Vaccines to Get in 2024 Neurocysticercosis can also remain dormant for some time. —Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 8 May 2024

Hassett has been concerned for some time that the country is drifting toward socialism — the subject of his most recent book — and part of the reason is that too many Americans are economically marginalized and have come to feel that the system doesn’t work to their benefit. —Michael Steinberger Malcolm Hillgartner Tanya Pérez Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 8 May 2024

The farmers market had been gone in Hales Corners for some time Hales Corners Village President Dan Besson previously told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel last year that Hales Corners had not had a famers market for about 10 years. —Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2024

David, who are some of the names that really stand out to you and will be attending? Several names that have been on the list for quite some time. —Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024

Biden supporters have been concerned about Kennedy for some time. —Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024

The couple, who first met while filming the Lifetime series The Client List in 2012, kept their nuptials a secret for some time. —Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024

Rumors have been swirling in the nonfiction community about the future of the Times‘ documentaries for some time. —Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019

The battle could also string along for some time, with the potential for appeals that could go all the way to the Supreme Court, which would likely uphold the law due to its current composition, said Gus Hurwitz, a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law School. —Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2024