half
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You can, however, buy someone half of your sandwich or offer them a cup of coffee.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
Citi estimates Momenta’s share of the urban navigation-assisted driving market could rise to about 30% by 2030 from 12% in the first half of 2026.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Since April 1, the shelter has operated without $300,000 in promised government funding, covering half its budget.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
More than half of this spend came from transfers between Chelsea and Strasbourg.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The elementary school was only a block and a half away, it was true, and Nollie had gone there two years without difficulty.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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
"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
Her family said she was "one of a kind" who "lived fully, fiercely and never did anything by halves".
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
“I guess so. Anyway, all that means we’re two halves of the same woman—at least in his crazy head.”
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
Vocabulary lists containing half
Number and Operations: Fractions
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