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half

adjective as in partial

noun as in one of two equal parts of a whole

Strongest match

Weak match

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Two years later, at Euro 2024 in Germany, he started every game for a buoyant Netherlands side but was taken off injured during the first half of an agonising semi-final defeat by England.

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He didn’t wear a shoe on his left foot during the second half and afterward told reporters he was “hurting like crazy.”

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Mr Musk slashed Twitter's workforce by more than half.

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The charity says more than two million people are living with sight loss in the UK and half of them are blind and partially sighted and live with a long-term irreversible eye health condition.

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At the heart of the giant galaxy M87 lies the black hole M87*, which contains a staggering six and a half billion solar masses and spins rapidly on its axis.

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