for (quite) some time

idiom

: for a somewhat long time

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

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Democratic insiders who spoke to Axios still think a Tester win would be an upset in deep-red Montana, and national party strategists have been sour on his chances for quite some time. —

Stephen Neukam, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024 Kramer has been restructuring the Academy for some time now. —

Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2024 Fincher, who has a deal with Netflix for some time, had previously been linked to doing something in the Squid Game universe — including a potential English-language movie. —

Justin Kroll, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024 Manchester United came in third, top of the English charts, despite not winning the Premier League or European Cup for quite some time. —

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