in half

Example Sentences

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Cut a ball in half for some hands-on learning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Smog, however, could kill off a spinach crop in half a day.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

"To get three golds in half an hour is absolutely amazing. We absolutely smashed it."

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

He believed that the developing world simply had “too many people” and calculated that the earth’s population needed to be cut in half.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

If we were in a cartoon, our problems would be fixed in half an hour.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko