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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Her lecture on Orlando, Virginia Woolf’s fantastical 1928 novel about an English nobleman who turns into a woman halfway through his centuries-long life, is a showstopper.
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It's been a cagey start for both teams with the scores still tied at 0-0 halfway through the opening period.
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But halfway through 2025, IU closed its DEI office.
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And then, halfway through the film, the rug is pulled out from under everyone.
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Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
It's been a cagey start for both teams with the scores still tied at 0-0 halfway through the opening period.
—Sean Nevin, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026
But halfway through 2025, IU closed its DEI office.
—Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026
And then, halfway through the film, the rug is pulled out from under everyone.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Halfway through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/halfway%20through. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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