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half-moon

[haf-moon, hahf-] / ˈhæfˈmun, ˈhɑf- /






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And then there are the Mayer’s new front doors, sporting curved, half-moon glass reminiscent of a classic theater.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

To this day, when the pool is drained, the hotel retouches the lines, refreshing Hockney’s iconic blue half-moon marks every year or so.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

Speaking on a crisp Friday morning at a lodge of an Italian-American fraternal group in the Des Moines suburbs, she addressed a packed room of mostly older voters arranged around her in a half-moon.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2024

The largest planet in the solar system will dominate the early evening sky on January 18, appearing beside a glowing half-moon.

From National Geographic • Dec. 6, 2023

She slices a grapefruit and sets each half-moon before us with a special spoon that has prickly edges so we can tear into it.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar




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