half the time

idiom

informal
: very often
Half the time I have no idea what my professor is talking about.

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Bessie Henson has been a direct service provider for LEL for 18 years, which is about half the time she’s been taking care of her adult son, now 36, who was diagnosed with moderate Down syndrome and oppositional defiant disorder. Michael Schroeder, IndyStar, 2 July 2025 Some models affirm signs of psychosis more than half the time when prompted. Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025 Even if two-factor authentication is enabled, which is astonishingly less than half the time, accounts can be hijacked through technical hacks or social engineering. Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025 In a state where electric demand is growing rapidly — Texas electric load is projected to nearly double by decade’s end — virtually all new power of the last five years has come from renewables, which take about half the time of gas plants to be added to the grid. Saul Elbein, The Hill, 9 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for half the time

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“Half the time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20the%20time. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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