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as in part
one of two equal or nearly equal parts
to be fair, we should each get half the pie
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as in match
either of a pair matched in one or more qualities
it's the bottom half of the ninth inning, and the Yankees are up at bat
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as in incomplete
lacking some necessary part
half measures that did nothing but prolong the problem
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as in halfway
in some measure or degree
what you said is only half true
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Recent Examples of half
Fred Katz, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Roku also said that its streaming boxes and smart TVs are now in about half of all U.S. broadband households.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Paul Matzko / Made By History, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024
Then, cut the stack crosswise, using the same diagonal cuts, into 3 (about 3-inch long) sections (yielding 21 pieces of pastry) and then cut each 3-inch piece in half lengthwise to make 42 (1 ½ by 3-inch) strips.
—Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2024
New Atlas, 27 Dec. 2024
Why there's a ghost camping in her backyard who sang when the moon was half full.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The Grizzlies are now in the top half of the league in half-court offense for the first time in a decade, according to Cleaning the Glass.
—Fred Katz, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Roku also said that its streaming boxes and smart TVs are now in about half of all U.S. broadband households.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
For good or ill, Carter remains the most substantively conservative president of the last half century—even though neither his champions or critics recognize it.
—Paul Matzko / Made By History, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024
Then, cut the stack crosswise, using the same diagonal cuts, into 3 (about 3-inch long) sections (yielding 21 pieces of pastry) and then cut each 3-inch piece in half lengthwise to make 42 (1 ½ by 3-inch) strips.
—Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Adverb
If someone's finished bike is even half as decent as the MB Cycles Stauffenberg here?
—New Atlas, 27 Dec. 2024
Why there's a ghost camping in her backyard who sang when the moon was half full.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for half
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In 1983, Wilson drowned at Marina Del Rey. Wildfires, fueled by the Santa Ana winds, initially broke out last Tuesday in the Palisades, before spreading to parts of Malibu and Santa Monica overnight.Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025
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It was supposed to be a small part of the year’s end big agreement to keep the government running, but Elon Musk wrecked the deal.New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025
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Kat Dennings and Tim Allen are a father-daughter match made in TV heaven!Esther Kang, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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On the night of his death, Samantha Sharkey said, Sharkey may have been on the way home from covering a high school girls’ wrestling match in Faucett, 16 miles north of Platte City.Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Gabi Mosley is a flawed anti-hero grappling with healing that is incomplete.Shelby Stewart, Essence, 15 Jan. 2025
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For those concerned about some plant proteins being incomplete, a varied diet is the key.Kari Sonde, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
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No other left-handed starter has ever received more.Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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Now, more than ever, the community needs Trinidad3.Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 17 Jan. 2025
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When Arnall pressed, Koskinen got halfway up the mast before stopping and retreating back down to the deck.David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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Step 3: Place your plant in soil Take a tea bag or similarly sized porous mesh bag and fill it halfway with akadama, also known as bonsai soil.Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 2 Jan. 2025
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An analysis of satellite images by Microsoft offered a glimpse of the devastation in one section of Pacific Palisades, a wealthy neighborhood between Malibu and Santa Monica.Leanne Abraham, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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In the same section just 18 rows down, one available ticket costs $200.Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
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Ode to Lucy’s Pelvis Adrienne Gruber O wondrous one, your bipedal swag, terrestrial locomotion, partial appendages revealed, brain a soft sponge, size of an acorn, still waiting for that growth spurt 3.2 million years later.Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
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In total, at least 24 school districts have announced full or partial closures, according to the LA County Office of Education.Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
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Harbaugh engineered turnarounds at all of his previous coaching spots — from the University of San Diego to Stanford, the San Francisco 49ers and, most recently, Michigan.Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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The results of the study, which were published in the journal Societies, found that those who used AI tools a lot showed worse critical thinking abilities than those who didn’t use them often or at all.Alex Knapp, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Half.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/half. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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