half the time

phrase

informal

: very often

Half the time I have no idea what my professor is talking about.

Examples of half the time in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In 2025, deputies failed to locate targets of restraining orders nearly half the time. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

But half the time, the people that are interacting with different things online are children, not even people our age. — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026

The benefit is these models can get the job done in about half the time. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

The vehicle’s range is 100 miles per charge, which can be done with a standard 110-volt wall outlet, though a 240-volt socket will repower it in less than half the time. — Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Rhymes for half the time

• aforetime
• allozyme
• anytime
• christmastime
• cybercrime
• dinnertime
• guggenheim
• isozyme
• lysozyme
• maritime
• mesenchyme
• overtime