the half
noun
: the time when the first half of a game ends : halftime
The score was tied at the half.
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Irving Park Road was closed along the half-block from Christiana and Kimball avenues following the crash.
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Kris Habermehl, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
But because of seeing the phone on the surveillance video, police got a warrant to search Google's location data for all phones within about one-and-a-half football fields of the bank during the half-hour on either side of the robbery.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026
Whenever Kucherov gets the puck, usually on the half wall on the right side of the power play, the Canadiens have a forward running at him immediately, pressuring him and forcing him to make a quick decision with the puck.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Hamas, which controls the half of Gaza that Israel withdrew from last year under the current ceasefire, did not field candidates and did not try to block the vote.
—ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
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Kris Habermehl, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
But because of seeing the phone on the surveillance video, police got a warrant to search Google's location data for all phones within about one-and-a-half football fields of the bank during the half-hour on either side of the robbery.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026
Whenever Kucherov gets the puck, usually on the half wall on the right side of the power play, the Canadiens have a forward running at him immediately, pressuring him and forcing him to make a quick decision with the puck.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Hamas, which controls the half of Gaza that Israel withdrew from last year under the current ceasefire, did not field candidates and did not try to block the vote.
—ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
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“The half.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20half. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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