half measure
Example Sentences
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Major League Baseball has realized this obvious problem, and it’s settled on a half measure.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2025
Banning right turns on red seems like a half measure to me.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
Ms Mahajan says giving period leave is, at best, a half measure.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2021
The bigger the questions, the bigger the drama, and the participants of this story took nothing in half measure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
Teller dismissed the offer out of hand, damning it as exactly the sort of half measure he had been fighting for years.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
