fifty-fifty
adjective
fif·ty-fif·ty
ˌfif-tē-ˈfif-tē 
1
: shared, assumed, or borne equally
a fifty-fifty proposition
2
: half favorable and half unfavorable
a fifty-fifty chance
fifty-fifty
adverb
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With the stock trading around $177, those roughly at-the-money contracts are implying a fifty-fifty chance of expiring profitable by Friday, a fairly tame way to place a bet on a stock that typically trades like a more volatile version of bitcoin.
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Oliver Renick, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
Starting in 1948, American companies extracted the oil and gave roughly half of the profits to the Venezuelan state, an arrangement known as el fifty-fifty.
—The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
The company plans to sell its retail fueling business in Austria as well, and is also divesting a 50% stake in its Lightsource solar business and selling much of its global offshore wind business through a new, fifty-fifty joint venture with Japanese utility JERA.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 18 July 2025
According to my mom, the probability of me becoming a lawyer is still fifty-fifty.
—Allegra Leal, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
On March 6, the artist’s official social media accounts celebrated the song’s fifty-fifty birthday.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Just 5% of respondents said this is definitely or likely to happen in the next four years, and 9% said there is a fifty-fifty chance.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2025
But Vallance is quick to point out how the design process was a true fifty-fifty effort.
—Irina Grechko, refinery29.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Children had a fifty-fifty chance of receiving each option: the clown could either burst out from under their bed to juggle hatchets (no notice) or appear at their birthday party to juggle balls (notice given).
—Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 11 July 2024
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Oliver Renick, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
Starting in 1948, American companies extracted the oil and gave roughly half of the profits to the Venezuelan state, an arrangement known as el fifty-fifty.
—The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
The company plans to sell its retail fueling business in Austria as well, and is also divesting a 50% stake in its Lightsource solar business and selling much of its global offshore wind business through a new, fifty-fifty joint venture with Japanese utility JERA.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 18 July 2025
According to my mom, the probability of me becoming a lawyer is still fifty-fifty.
—Allegra Leal, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
On March 6, the artist’s official social media accounts celebrated the song’s fifty-fifty birthday.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Just 5% of respondents said this is definitely or likely to happen in the next four years, and 9% said there is a fifty-fifty chance.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2025
But Vallance is quick to point out how the design process was a true fifty-fifty effort.
—Irina Grechko, refinery29.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Children had a fifty-fifty chance of receiving each option: the clown could either burst out from under their bed to juggle hatchets (no notice) or appear at their birthday party to juggle balls (notice given).
—Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 11 July 2024
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