quite some time

noun

: a long period of time
I haven't seen her for quite some time.

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And Answers For Tuesday, April 8 Santana Returns to the Charts for the First Time in Years The band hasn’t released a project in quite some time, so these new wins mark Santana’s first appearance on either of these U.K. charts in nearly four years. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025 History has shown that home loan rates at that level and below tend to spur housing activity, which has been stalled for quite some time. Kevin Stankiewicz,matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2025 However, Nielsen says that the series has been quietly amassing a dedicated streaming audience for quite some time with over 10B minutes viewed in 2024. Katie Campione, Deadline, 3 Apr. 2025 Rutger McGroarty and Ville Koivunen, two of the more hyped Pittsburgh Penguins prospects in quite some time, have been recalled from AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Josh Yohe, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for quite some time

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“Quite some time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quite%20some%20time. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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