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half

[haf] / hæf /


NOUN
one of two equal parts of a whole
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Wigan - who had their only try-scorer Mia-Jayne Atherton and Eva Hunter sin-binned in the first half - were left stunned after an uncharacteristically error-strewn display.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

"I have decided to pardon 49 people, 23 of them in connection with the terrible events we have gone through over the past year and a half," Vucic said, referring to the protests.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

The number of marriages dropped by about half compared with a decade earlier to more than six million in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

After they got home to Reseda, half of the players went to In-N-Out and half to Raising Cane’s to celebrate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

As always, Lloyd was taking his half out of the middle.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

The data pointed to “both halves of the Fed’s problem at once,” said Vincent Ahn, a portfolio manager at SLW Investments.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Dresser wanted a Dutch door — one where both the top and bottom halves swing open independently — attached to their office space, where they sometimes isolate fosters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Samsung did a lot of work to minimize the crease—the dip between the two halves of the big interior display—but it’s still clearly there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

"The amendment and the National Suicide Prevention Bill are two halves of one reform," said Taiwo Lateef Sheikh, of the Nigeria Suicide Prevention Advocacy Working Group.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

If the partition is then removed, the molecules will tend to spread out and occupy both halves of the box.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking




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