half the time
idiom
informal
: very often
Half the time I have no idea what my professor is talking about.
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Nuclear power could, one day, take us to Mars in half the time of chemical fuels.
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Amber Dasilva / Jalopnik, Quartz, 15 Oct. 2024
Swiffer power mop: on sale for $20.99 Original price: $29.99
The Swiffer power mop all-in-one mopping system cleans a mop and bucket in half the time.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2024
There is a clear value to a massage that can do twice the work in half the time, and opens the market to those who want to be fully in control and alone, not plagued by body dysmorphia, anxiety about speaking up, or reluctance to be with a stranger in this type of setting.
—Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2024
An alternative technology to the chemically propelled rockets the agency develops now is called nuclear thermal propulsion, which uses nuclear fission and could one day power a rocket that makes the trip in just half the time.
—Dan Kotlyar, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2024
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Amber Dasilva / Jalopnik, Quartz, 15 Oct. 2024
Swiffer power mop: on sale for $20.99 Original price: $29.99
The Swiffer power mop all-in-one mopping system cleans a mop and bucket in half the time.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2024
There is a clear value to a massage that can do twice the work in half the time, and opens the market to those who want to be fully in control and alone, not plagued by body dysmorphia, anxiety about speaking up, or reluctance to be with a stranger in this type of setting.
—Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2024
An alternative technology to the chemically propelled rockets the agency develops now is called nuclear thermal propulsion, which uses nuclear fission and could one day power a rocket that makes the trip in just half the time.
—Dan Kotlyar, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2024
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