Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for halfpence
Noun
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Cut the four ounces of butter into thin slices over the apples.—
Kathryn Gregory,
Louisville Courier Journal,
21 Oct. 2025 -
Stick to a serving size of four to six ounces and pair it with protein and healthy fats, like eggs, oatmeal, or whole-grain toast with avocado or nut butter.—
Lauren Panoff,
Verywell Health,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And these nutshells that are now all restored have been used for that purpose for more than eight decades.—
Katie Hafner,
Scientific American,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There are so many life lessons packed into baking a simple birthday cake or a blueberry muffin, and not just how to do fractions.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
30 Sep. 2025
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Even if a harvester can outgas regolith reliably, separating minute traces of helium-3 from helium-4 and other gases at low mass fractions requires sophisticated cryogenic or membrane systems.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The light brown hair, worn in an all-purpose crop, bears flecks of gray.—
Nathan Heller,
Vogue,
14 Oct. 2025
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Yes, these flecks are seeds that were once inside of a vanilla bean, confirms Britton.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In 1867, Lord Kelvin envisioned atoms as intricate knots in the aether.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
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By 2030, China’s nuclear capacity is set to surpass that of the United States, the first country to split atoms to make electricity.—
Brad Plumer,
New York Times,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Luckily Florida has no such scruples.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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Incensed at being outsmarted, the CEO of Weyland-Yutani (Sandra Yi Sencindive) allows one of her employees, a cyborg with very few scruples named Morrow (Babou Ceesay), to use any means necessary to reacquire the biological specimens.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Walston ripped up the card and let the shreds fall on Penn.—
Cameron Crowe,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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Nevertheless, Qi Chu had used the same smock since his first day at the morgue and worn it down to little more than shreds.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The best down alternative pillows, however, are popular for resembling down without the dust and mites that can often wreak havoc on sinuses overnight.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
24 Oct. 2025
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This would either be an acaricide — a pesticide that kills ticks and mites, and is found in many pet flea collars and tick medications — or a vaccine that would make the deer more resistant to Lyme disease over time.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Halfpence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halfpence. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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