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As for Sundance’s main slate of world premiere films, the festival is still heads down screening some half a dozen movies a day ahead of lineup announcements later this fall.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2025
Beginning in January 2021, Lorincz, who is White, made half a dozen calls to 911 complaining about the children in her neighborhood — sometimes, concerning Owens' four young kids, who are Black.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
The chats contain evidence of the Kinahan group’s involvement in multi-ton shipments of the drug—joint ventures involving half a dozen investors.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
The Senate has struck down the same budget bills more than half a dozen times.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2025
Beginning in January 2021, Lorincz, who is White, made half a dozen calls to 911 complaining about the children in her neighborhood — sometimes, concerning Owens' four young kids, who are Black.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
The chats contain evidence of the Kinahan group’s involvement in multi-ton shipments of the drug—joint ventures involving half a dozen investors.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
The Senate has struck down the same budget bills more than half a dozen times.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for half a dozen
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“Half a dozen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20a%20dozen. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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