ha'penny

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Noun
  • The most memorable offerings didn’t care a whit about product-testing strategies.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
  • Vie comes on the heels of Doja’s 2023 album Scarlet, whit hit No. 4 on the Billboard 200.
    Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • At 64,000 square feet, the Birch is only a fraction of the size of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and of the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
  • The blockade marked the start of a prolonged crisis, with only a fraction of previous aid levels allowed in since.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • There have been a lot of whispers and rumours about where this prospective investment could come from but nothing concrete has emerged yet.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • There are enough vague, intractable whispers of diplomacy and further talks about talks, to provide the tantalising promise of a deal, without striking, or even delineating one.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 16 May 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
  • The asking price is a dash over $4.4 million, with the listing held by Michael Graves of Douglas Elliman Real Estate.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 19 May 2025
  • American Walnut wood grain for the dash and a 15-inch touchscreen further belie the price point, and the SEL R-Line gets more aggressive drive modes, which translate to further variance in the Atmosphere settings as well.
    Michael Teo Van Runkle, ArsTechnica, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Any guy who journals, writes, or simply jots down notes will use it forever.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • No, turn off that Court TV stream; no video snippets of the Combs trial are coming.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 13 May 2025
  • Here’s a snippet of the laughter yoga session held this month during a break at the New Face of Aging conference in Miami.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • And yet, the poem’s haunting finale carried a shred of hope.
    Michael Silver, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • Cover and cook on LOW for 6 hours or HIGH for about 3 1/2 hours until meat shreds easily.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 6 May 2025
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“Ha'penny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ha%27penny. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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