half the time

idiom

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

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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 Last year, Doval threw his slider roughly half the time (51.5%), complementing the breaking ball with his cutter (34.9%) and sinker (13.8%). Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 May 2025 Netflix said in a release that its American viewers use subtitles or captions nearly half the time. Melina Khan, USA Today, 28 Apr. 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 3 Jul. 2025.

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