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From the M-W Editors
Examples of halfway in a Sentence
She was leading at the halfway mark of the race.
We're halfway toward completing the project.
They're only offering halfway measures, not a real solution.
Recent Examples of halfway from the Web
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Twenty-five years after the fall of communism, Western Balkan countries have become halfway democracies and the region struggles with ethnic, religious and nationalist tensions.
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The season is not even halfway complete, but the three-way dance should be entertaining.
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The halfway house program enables convicts nearing the end of incarceration to work at jobs in the community during the day and sleep at the work-release facility.
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First responders were called Monday to Freedom Ridge Recovery Lodge in West Brandywine Township, a private group home and halfway house for struggling drug addicts, according to the district attorney's office.
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First Known Use of halfway
1694
HALFWAY Defined for English Language Learners
halfway
playDefinition of halfway for English Language Learners
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: in the middle between two points
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: not total or complete
HALFWAY Defined for Kids
Definition of halfway for Students
: at or to half the distance Open the door halfway.
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