halfway through
idiom
: 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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Almandoz recommends pausing halfway through a meal and putting utensils down between bites.
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Jamie Friedlander Serrano, Time, 22 Jan. 2026
The decision to provide more funding to LAPD for hiring comes after the department already reached 240 new hires halfway through the fiscal year.
—City News Service, Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
And when the Warriors turned to him halfway through the third, the game was already an autopsy.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
But halfway through the season, the Bulls can’t kick their old habits.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
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Jamie Friedlander Serrano, Time, 22 Jan. 2026
The decision to provide more funding to LAPD for hiring comes after the department already reached 240 new hires halfway through the fiscal year.
—City News Service, Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
And when the Warriors turned to him halfway through the third, the game was already an autopsy.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
But halfway through the season, the Bulls can’t kick their old habits.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
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“Halfway through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/halfway%20through. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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