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
  • Only a small fraction of players are on it, but there are enough for fans to identify their struggles as the yips, a now familiar term.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • For instance, private equity assets account for roughly 14% of US pension fund portfolios, today, European pension fund’s PE allocations are a fraction of this.
    Aman Ghei, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That was the quiet whisper response to anybody who thought Biden shouldn’t run.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
  • For those who can already hear the whispers of falling leaves and detect the faint aroma of pumpkin spice, keep scrolling to shop our favorite finds from the launch.
    Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 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
  • Two minutes later, Masco evened the score, 7-7, courtesy of a 55-yard dash from Jack Fabiano (16 carries, 101 yards).
    Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Hades became their magnum opus by adding just a dash of playfulness that borders on being twee.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 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
  • To his credit, the streams so far have given fans a lot to unpack, as well as a trove of new snippets and hints of what sound like some very good raps from Drake.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Observations, snippets of dialogue, and wry anecdotes make up this laconic novel, which focusses on the life of a young woman in New York.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The film’s devastating revelations of intimate betrayals dispel nostalgia and sentiment down to the last shreds.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
  • But Trump in his second term has discarded any remaining shreds of conservative restraint (small government?
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Ha'penny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ha%27penny. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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