on the half hour
idiom
: at half past the hour : at 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, etc.
Tours start on the half hour.
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Electronic chimes atop a Pepsi-Cola plant in New York rang the first seven notes on the half hour.
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Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2025
Carnival Midway’s cast of trapeze artists, aerialists, jugglers and clowns perform every hour on the half hour, starting at 1:30 p.m. (on weekends, the show kicks off at 11:30a.m.).
—Alex Schechter, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2025
To compound issues for Pioli, Malick Thiaw withdrew from the game on the half hour mark and is due to be out of action until 2024.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
Peterson-Dumesnil grounds tours will be available on the half hour at 9:30, 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
—The Courier-Journal, 31 May 2023
Doors open at 7 p.m. and fashion shows will run on the half hour from 8-10:30 p.m. There will be an after-party at the Boulon Hotel next door from 10:30 to 2 a.m.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com, 6 July 2021
But Belgium would be left to regret its failure to capitalize on that early dominance as Italy took the lead on the half hour mark.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 2 July 2021
Tours will go out every hour on the half hour, with the first tour departing at 10:30 a.m. and the last tour departing at 3:30 p.m.
—courant.com, 19 Mar. 2021
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Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2025
Carnival Midway’s cast of trapeze artists, aerialists, jugglers and clowns perform every hour on the half hour, starting at 1:30 p.m. (on weekends, the show kicks off at 11:30a.m.).
—Alex Schechter, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2025
To compound issues for Pioli, Malick Thiaw withdrew from the game on the half hour mark and is due to be out of action until 2024.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
Peterson-Dumesnil grounds tours will be available on the half hour at 9:30, 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
—The Courier-Journal, 31 May 2023
Doors open at 7 p.m. and fashion shows will run on the half hour from 8-10:30 p.m. There will be an after-party at the Boulon Hotel next door from 10:30 to 2 a.m.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com, 6 July 2021
But Belgium would be left to regret its failure to capitalize on that early dominance as Italy took the lead on the half hour mark.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 2 July 2021
Tours will go out every hour on the half hour, with the first tour departing at 10:30 a.m. and the last tour departing at 3:30 p.m.
—courant.com, 19 Mar. 2021
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“On the half hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20half%20hour. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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