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half

[haf] / hæf /


NOUN
one of two equal parts of a whole
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Barrick Mining, the Canadian company that owns half of the Reko Diq project—Pakistan owns the other half—said it is beginning a fresh security review in response to the recent attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal

She said this was close to half the total for the whole of the previous year.

From BBC

Its vote share in the party-list section of the election plunged by more than half, they showed.

From Barron's

Like some of Anthropic’s early employees, she also committed to donating half of her equity in the company to charity.

From The Wall Street Journal

About half of them come from disadvantaged backgrounds, including some who are carers and some with refugee status.

From BBC