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half

[haf] / hæf /


NOUN
one of two equal parts of a whole
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One would be to raise rates by a half percentage point in December.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

Another long-term catalyst for Oracle, Moerdler believes, is that the company is expected to generate positive free cash flow by the second half of its next fiscal year, which ends in May 2028.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

Builders have welcomed the longer-term certainty offered by this funding, but that would still only get half way to the 110,000 target with two years remaining.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

In Clinton, Okla., the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum reported that through the first half of 2026, business quadrupled over the first half of 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

A half hour later, we hear a knock on the door.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Barrow, who has previously called Rowe and Foubister's partnership in the halves "telepathic" also has Huddersfield Giants winger Amelia Brown among his new group.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

How did you reconcile the rock star and new dad halves of your life?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Using that structural information, the chemists were able to make the connection between the molecule's two halves more rigid.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

“You could have folded a picture of them, and the two halves would’ve matched,” Herzog writes.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

I take two halves and rest them on my tongue.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson


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