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half

[haf] / hæf /


NOUN
one of two equal parts of a whole
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"For two and a half years, we've watched organisations close ranks, mark their own homework, and the inquiry must be the true reckoning."

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

For the second half of the year, management expects sales of between $10.1 billion and $10.3 billion.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

These animals were typically between one and a half and two years old.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

Roughly half of communications leaders meanwhile have been tasked with leading or partnering on their organizations’ AI change management programs, according to a March report from communications agency Zeno.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

My voice doesn’t harness the power of raging rivers or split the sky in half, like all the Black poets promised it would.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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