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Next to them, another family set up a larger altar with half a dozen statues of the Virgin Mary — and had four generations helping out.
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CBS News, 9 Dec. 2025
This account of Netflix’s surprise victory in the biggest M&A auction of the year is based on interviews with half a dozen people involved in negotiations.
—Michelle F. Davis, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2025
And the Dolphins have won just a half a dozen, late season games in Buffalo since the turn of the century.
—Miami Herald, 6 Dec. 2025
While there are about half a dozen Tokyo Centrals in the Los Angeles region, there’s only one other in the Bay Area, in Cupertino.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
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CBS News, 9 Dec. 2025
This account of Netflix’s surprise victory in the biggest M&A auction of the year is based on interviews with half a dozen people involved in negotiations.
—Michelle F. Davis, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2025
And the Dolphins have won just a half a dozen, late season games in Buffalo since the turn of the century.
—Miami Herald, 6 Dec. 2025
While there are about half a dozen Tokyo Centrals in the Los Angeles region, there’s only one other in the Bay Area, in Cupertino.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 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 13 Dec. 2025.
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