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Recent Examples of halfpenny
Indeed, in 2023, his music earned him just shy of $200,000, about one halfpenny at a time.
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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
The cost of providing the training, closing the stores and any loss of sales due to boycotting customers won’t show up until the fiscal third quarter when William Blair estimates up to a halfpenny penalty to earnings per share.
—Julie Jargon, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2018
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
The cost of providing the training, closing the stores and any loss of sales due to boycotting customers won’t show up until the fiscal third quarter when William Blair estimates up to a halfpenny penalty to earnings per share.
—Julie Jargon, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for halfpenny
Noun
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Shop the set on sale to get four different sizes ranging from 26 to 62 ounces.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
14 Feb. 2026
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How to buy gold at Walmart How much is one ounce of gold at Walmart?—
Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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
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In real traffic conditions, fractions of a second matter.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.—
Hartford Courant,
courant.com,
30 Sep. 2017
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Related: Here are some tricks from the CDC for de-ticking yourself: • Put your clothes in the dryer on high heat for a minim of six minutes.—
Valerie Lego,
Detroit Free Press,
20 June 2017
Noun
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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
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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
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De’Anthony Melton scored 18 points in a smidge over 25 minutes, while Gui Santos put up 16 points on 7 of 9 shooting.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
1 Feb. 2026
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The winery estate is being offered for a smidge under $10 million with Daniela Gisti at Italy Sotheby’s International Realty.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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These tungsten atoms would then condense on the slightly cooler inside of the glass bulb, blackening it and dimming the light over time.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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In this setup, qubits are encoded in the electrons of nitrogen atoms and the nuclear states of carbon atoms within the diamond lattice.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The kenning’s true meaning lies beyond the edges of my comprehension.—
Jonah Walters,
Longreads,
24 Oct. 2024
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Most of the writers attempting to imitate Tolkien weren’t steeped in the rhythm of Old English kennings, or the spiritual yearning of chivalric romance.—
Matthew Gavin Frank,
Harper's Magazine,
2 June 2023
Noun
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But as columnist Michael Cunningham pointed out earlier this week, there’s more than an iota of intrigue here.—
Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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The lopsided score was a result of suffocating defense from the Chieftains, who never allowed Swampscott (10-2) to gain even an iota of rhythm on offense.—
Justin Barrasso,
Boston Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Halfpenny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halfpenny. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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