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half

[haf] / hæf /


NOUN
one of two equal parts of a whole
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At more than half the locations, on-site staff declined to answer questions or allow the interviewers access.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Diesel is harder to refine than gasoline and so while UK refineries produce more than the quantity of petrol consumed domestically, they meet less than half of the demand for diesel.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Within over-the-counter derivatives, IG said revenue retention in the third quarter was around 70%, below the 80% averaged since the second half of 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Instead, Lula will appear on the Flow podcast -- which has 10 million followers on YouTube -- starting half an hour before the debate.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

It’s another half hour before I stop blubbering long enough to talk.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Matches are seven-a-side and played over 20-minute halves.

From BBC ● 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

The chart above shows that, much of the time, the two halves of this hedge tend to rise and fall together.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

A folding-phone concern for years has been the “crease”—where the inside display dips between the two halves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Students of neurology or psychology study his case because it illustrates how the lobes of the frontal cortex—the two halves of your brain that meet in your forehead—are the seat of "executive functions."

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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