quite a while

noun

: a long time
It has been quite a while since I last saw her.

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Amador played tournaments across the Dominican and elsewhere for quite a while, earning a reputation as a very low-risk, high-reward potential major leaguer.. Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025 The Broncos’ edge group is young, talented and likely to be in Denver for quite a while. Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2025 Texas Longhorns Texas has been sitting on the bubble for quite a while. Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025 The problem for Newcastle is that the 32-year-old’s best was quite a while ago. James Pearce, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for quite a while

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“Quite a while.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quite%20a%20while. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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