ha'penny

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Noun
  • The whit and the whoo are from different owls.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
  • After 40 minutes, his energy hasn’t flagged a whit.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Despite costing a fraction of the price of Hoka shoes, 60 Amazon reviewers have compared them to the higher-end brand, both in look and feel.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
  • That is less than one-tenth of a penny per ton, a fraction of what coal brought in its heyday.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While an insider confirmed to Fox News Digital that there have been whispers of another woman, TMZ was first to report that the country star may already be involved with someone else.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Grzeda said the whisper PepsiCo detected in the early 2000s has become a roar, fueled by social media and growing consumer interest in ingredients.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Indeed, in 2023, his music earned him just shy of $200,000, about one halfpenny at a time.
    Brett Martin, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024
  • In nineteenth-century England, tailors would place old halfpennies in the pockets of a man’s new suit for good luck.
    Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
Noun
  • Samsonite Better Than Basics Weekender Duffel The Samsonite Better Than Basics Weekender isn’t just roomy—it’s smartly designed with a pass-through sleeve that slides over your rolling suitcase handle, making airport dashes and hotel moves a breeze.
    Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Rocha drove away from the scene, leaving Vasquez’s body lying in the middle of the road at Clay Street and East 21st Avenue, according to dash cam footage played in the courtroom.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As Orlean jots down that last bit, Laroche looks shocked—but also a little charmed.
    Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
  • To those that have already made their mind up about migrants and Muslims, Fall’s film won’t make a jot of difference.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The video was posted shortly after Bryan shared a snippet of a song that criticized ICE.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The brouhaha started over when an audio snippet of a verse of an unnamed song began to be recirculated, in both electric and acoustic versions.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After all, that warped sitcom spoof has to be one of the most genuinely demented things to ever air, without a shred of warning and in the middle of the night, on cable TV.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The film’s devastating revelations of intimate betrayals dispel nostalgia and sentiment down to the last shreds.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Ha'penny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ha%27penny. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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