"better part of" meaning in English

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          "text": "It will take the better part of a century to develop this technology.",
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          "ref": "2021 September 16, A. A. Dowd, “Dan Stevens as a dashing robot lover? That computes”, in AV Club",
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        "almost all of; most of"
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  "word": "better part of"
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