as in partially
in some measure or degree
that was a halfway decent performance of a difficult piece
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as in incomplete
lacking some necessary part
when halfway measures, such as posting signs, failed to keep people off the property, a fence was erected
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as in middle
occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes
by the time she had reached the halfway point, she was ready to quit the marathon
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Recent Examples of halfway
Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Fill your ice tray about halfway, and put it in the freezer.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Feb. 2025
Rachel Dobkin, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
The corporate earnings season will reach its halfway point with the busiest week of the reporting period.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 2 Feb. 2025
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Almost halfway into last night’s Grammy Awards, the singer-songwriter Benson Boone stood up from his seat in the crowd, looking possessed.
—Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Fill your ice tray about halfway, and put it in the freezer.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Feb. 2025
Adjective
The occasion marked the halfway point between the winter and spring equinoxes, with clergymen blessing used candles and handing them out to locals every February 2.
If the weather was bright and clear during the celebration, people believed the remainder of the season would be long and difficult.
—Rachel Dobkin, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
The corporate earnings season will reach its halfway point with the busiest week of the reporting period.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 2 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for halfway
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To better understand the reasoning and obstacles associated with these bans, Ars Technica spoke with moderators of subreddits that totally or partially ban generative AI.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
17 Feb. 2025
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The company is also developing a big, partially reusable rocket called New Glenn, which launched for the first time ever last month.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Still, data is incomplete and not routinely gathered – with only a third of suspects recording their ethnicity for the 2023 data.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN,
6 Feb. 2025
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Additionally, most of the sites that preserve delicate bird fossils from the Cretaceous yield specimens that are so incomplete that scientists can only get hints at their identity.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
5 Feb. 2025
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Andrews’ brunette to blond ombre hair was styled straight and worn with a middle part courtesy of hairstylist Kylee Heath.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
9 Feb. 2025
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Ballot was in a middle seat near the back on the January flight, prosecutors said.—
Sara Schilling,
Sacramento Bee,
7 Feb. 2025
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Black History is American History My daughter does not know her daddy is half Black.—
Davon Loeb,
Parents,
15 Feb. 2025
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The savageness of the noise whirled me half around.—
Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
13 Feb. 2025
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The partial solar eclipse will occur from 4:50 a.m. to 8:43 a.m. EDT on March 29, according to Space.com.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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Plans are still in the works, but managers are exploring all options and may consider at least partial demolition of the mall.—
Chrissy Suttles,
Axios,
14 Feb. 2025
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The median annual launch price for a new drug jumped from about $2,000 in 2008 to about $180,000 in 2021, one study found.—
Robin Fields,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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In December 2024, the median price for a single-family home was $675,000—up 78 percent from 2019.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
17 Feb. 2025
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Daniel Suhr, the president of the Center for American Rights, a conservative legal group that has filed a similar lawsuit against The Register, said the goal of the consumer protection cases was partly to send a warning to other news outlets.—
New York Times,
The Mercury News,
9 Feb. 2025
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White House aides have indicated the president’s ubiquity is partly a strategy to impress Republican voters and disorient Democratic opponents.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN,
9 Feb. 2025
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Of course, soil can also be deficient in important nutrients.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
14 Feb. 2025
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In people deficient in vitamin K, the levels of these factors are generally less than 50% of normal.4 If a vitamin K deficiency is found, testing for health conditions that can lead to such a deficiency may be performed.—
Colleen Doherty,
Verywell Health,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Halfway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halfway. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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