a good few
idiom
chiefly British, informal
: fairly many
Not all our students go on to university, but a good few of them do.
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One major one would be a weekly-bi-weekly-monthly team funnel review or reporting where the whole group is tied for a good few hours, going rep by rep.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
While the head coach’s to-do list might be a good few pages long, getting his team to score more goals has to be among the biggest priorities.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 2 July 2025
Throughout the duration of my longer weekday, my mascara did smudge by hour five, but the Maracuja Juicy Lip Plump was tingly, smooth, glossy and lasted a good few hours before reapplication.
—Cam Zhang, StyleCaster, 1 July 2025
The American tactician enjoyed a good few years with the team but had a tense relationship with the football association board almost throughout.
—Neel Shelat, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Over the next century, technology advanced exponentially, and hems shortened by a good few feet.
—Kelly Klein, Outside Online, 15 May 2025
It’s been a good few months for pop-ups putting down brick-and-mortar roots on the Lower East Side, and adding some serious wine cred to the mix.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
This Hi-Metal R release is obviously much smaller than the much larger 1/60 scale version from Arcadia a good few years ago.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Both of them English, both young but with a good few seasons of Premier League experience behind them, and, crucially, both of them at clubs who have been under pressure to sell players to comply with Premier League PSR rules: Aston Villa’s Jacob Ramsey and Chelsea’s Conor Gallagher.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
While the head coach’s to-do list might be a good few pages long, getting his team to score more goals has to be among the biggest priorities.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 2 July 2025
Throughout the duration of my longer weekday, my mascara did smudge by hour five, but the Maracuja Juicy Lip Plump was tingly, smooth, glossy and lasted a good few hours before reapplication.
—Cam Zhang, StyleCaster, 1 July 2025
The American tactician enjoyed a good few years with the team but had a tense relationship with the football association board almost throughout.
—Neel Shelat, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Over the next century, technology advanced exponentially, and hems shortened by a good few feet.
—Kelly Klein, Outside Online, 15 May 2025
It’s been a good few months for pop-ups putting down brick-and-mortar roots on the Lower East Side, and adding some serious wine cred to the mix.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
This Hi-Metal R release is obviously much smaller than the much larger 1/60 scale version from Arcadia a good few years ago.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Both of them English, both young but with a good few seasons of Premier League experience behind them, and, crucially, both of them at clubs who have been under pressure to sell players to comply with Premier League PSR rules: Aston Villa’s Jacob Ramsey and Chelsea’s Conor Gallagher.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
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