halfway through

phrase

: when half finished : at the middle point (of)
The teacher stopped the movie halfway through.
We left halfway through the lecture.
We're about halfway through the project.

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But when her grandfather passed away halfway through, her focus shifted. Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2026 Co-creators Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw tell EW in a separate conversation that waiting to address the tension of the love triangle head-on until halfway through the eight-episode season was intentional. Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2026 Richard Olenick and Juan Mejia were more than halfway through the flight when a man two rows behind them in the first-class section started to become belligerent, Olenick said. Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026 Less than a year later, halfway through 2024-25, Villa were open to his departure. Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for halfway through

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“Halfway through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/halfway%20through. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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