halfpence

variants or halfpennies
Definition of halfpencenext
plural of halfpenny
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Noun
  • People can expect to receive 5 cents for containers less than 24 ounces and 10 cents for containers 24 ounces or larger.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado April 22, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • This is why a bowl of rigatoni can look more generous than the same weight of angel hair—even if both started out as two dry ounces.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Archaeobotanists find various parts of plants, including seeds, chaff, fruit pits, nutshells and cobs.
    Alexandria Mitchem Hansen, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • Pak thinks that certain Everests — such as a major problem in number theory about whether sums like π + e can be written as fractions — will remain unresolved for centuries.
    Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Prices have risen by fractions of a penny for most of the week, sometimes even edging lower.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Its design, crafted by Russell Sage Studio, is meant to be an on-the-nose reflection of the distillery's famed product, with bronzy walls the color of its single malt, and a ceiling painted to look like barley, reflecting the morning dew with flecks of gold throughout.
    Alessandra Amodio, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Berber carpet Berber is a type of loop pile carpet with flecks of color.
    Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Instead of measuring a bulk signal, ATTA works by targeting atoms individually.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 25 Apr. 2026
  • This X-ray glow is radiated when the heavy ions of the solar wind, like carbon and oxygen, grab an electron from neutral atoms in either our outer atmosphere or the heliosphere.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • And like any good femme fatale, Maddy is given savvy at the expense of moral scruples.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
  • But the squirrelly, middle-aged guy at the weird surplus store in northern Florida had no such scruples.
    Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The proteinmaxxers leapt on the buffet, heaping spoonfuls of hummus and shreds of rotisserie chicken onto paper plates.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Microplastics are tiny and sometimes invisible shreds of plastic that can be produced by the breakdown of plastic, the shedding of clothing fibers, manufacturing processes, and more.
    Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • To help prevent infestations, avoid using broad-spectrum insecticides that kill beneficial insects along with the mites.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Why Your Mattress Needs a Deep Clean Dust mites, sweat buildup and dead skin cells accumulate inside your mattress over weeks and months.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Halfpence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halfpence. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.

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