ha'penny

Definition of ha'pennynext

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Noun
  • Moreover, Trump cares not a whit about bringing drug traffickers to justice.
    Peter Kornbluh, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Miss Keaton…is not a whit like the flustered ingénue she was cast to play.
    Chris Morris, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These are a tiny fraction of the thousands of Iranians killed or wounded when the government cracked down on protests a month ago.
    Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
  • In real traffic conditions, fractions of a second matter.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The footage also shows an unknown male whisper into the suspect’s ear, a court affidavit explaining the charges said.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The recent whispers were inspired by a resurfaced Comic-Con clip in which Claffey's 11-year-old costar, Dexter Sol Ansell, appears to confirm that the former Superman actor will appear in season 2 of AKOTSK.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Feb. 2026
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
  • The Jackson Hole native won one of the most prestigious races at the Games, as the downhill is sort of like the 100-m dash at the Summer Games.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Bouzid crafts her characters with a dash of melodrama.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Whereas a caddie jots down notes in a yardage book, Morse keeps observations on his phone and refers to them year after year.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The hefty notepad features 65 warm-white, lined pages that are perfectly spaced to write grocery lists, jot reminders, and more.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • No context is offered for the music snippets, which last in length from five to 13 seconds, and only one of which includes a vocal.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The post is soundbedded by a snippet of the track, and is shared as a collaboration with Michael Chugg’s Chugg Entertainment, a joint venture with Frontier Touring.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Here’s a guy who dominates on the field every Sunday talking openly about love, poetry and the person who inspires him most, without a shred of self-consciousness.
    Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
  • But the detective on his tail (Motsi Tekateka) never confronts him with a shred of evidence.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Ha'penny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ha%27penny. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.

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