half an hour

idiom

: 30 minutes
I waited for half an hour.

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Donoghue’s 10- and 13-year-old sons grew up there — the family, which lives about half an hour away, got a season pass when their younger son, Ray, was 6 months old. Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025 America's leadership has less than half an hour to decide whether to order a massive nuclear counterstrike. Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025 In my memory, the whole thing lasted less than half an hour. Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025 Police, along with a local hunting association and city officials, initiated a search for the man, but were forced to suspend it after only half an hour due to inclement weather. Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for half an hour

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“Half an hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20an%20hour. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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