half the time
idiom
informal
: very often
Half the time I have no idea what my professor is talking about.
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Litman tells Axios his robots do twice the work in half the time because both robot arms are working simultaneously.
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Martin Vassolo, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
That's less than half the time Starliner would normally take to leave the vicinity of the ISS.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2024
The club has a swimmer now who finished the 25-meter freestyle in 14 seconds, half the time of all the other kids his age.
—Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2024
The facility, which pays $20 an hour to start, can now fill jobs in less than half the time.
—Tami Luhby, CNN, 7 Aug. 2024
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Martin Vassolo, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
That's less than half the time Starliner would normally take to leave the vicinity of the ISS.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2024
The club has a swimmer now who finished the 25-meter freestyle in 14 seconds, half the time of all the other kids his age.
—Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2024
The facility, which pays $20 an hour to start, can now fill jobs in less than half the time.
—Tami Luhby, CNN, 7 Aug. 2024
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