other half
noun
1
: a group of people who are not like someone because they are either very rich or very poor
—used in the phrase how the other half lives
They won a million dollars and, for a few years, got to see how the other half lives.
2
chiefly British, old-fashioned + humorous
: a person's wife or husband
I don't believe we have anything planned for that night, but let me check with my other half.
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Teller took to heart the classic Greek playwright Aristophanes’ myth of love — that humans were born as a fusion of two bodies and later separated as punishment from the gods, only to spend their lives looking — and longing — for their other half.
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Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
On this particular night, Collins had assumed her other half, Patrick, had everything under control.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
The eatery’s other half features an array of beverages, like Vietnamese coffee, fresh sugarcane juice (nước mía), as well as a handful of pho options.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
The wedding announcement comes after Fischbach shared a sweet post dedicated to his other half to celebrate her birthday on May 21, 2024.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 9 Oct. 2025
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Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
On this particular night, Collins had assumed her other half, Patrick, had everything under control.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
The eatery’s other half features an array of beverages, like Vietnamese coffee, fresh sugarcane juice (nước mía), as well as a handful of pho options.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
The wedding announcement comes after Fischbach shared a sweet post dedicated to his other half to celebrate her birthday on May 21, 2024.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 9 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for other half
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“Other half.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/other%20half. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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