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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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The gold price has soared to $5,000 per ounce, leaving bitcoin and everything else in the dust so far in 2026.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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California still has gold mining operations but falls behind Alaska and Nevada in total ounces.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The condition slowly kills specific groups of neurons in brain regions that control movement, mood and thinking, and by the time clear motor symptoms such as uncontrolled movements appear, a large fraction of those neurons have already been lost.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Though those sales are just a fraction of the three billion iPhones Apple has shipped as of mid-2025, the glasses show that a product category that spent years as a punchline is finally gaining traction.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 2026
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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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As Orlean jots down that last bit, Laroche looks shocked—but also a little charmed.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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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
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This was a smidge below Wall Street forecasts.—
Kathryn Hopkins,
Footwear News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Now the Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill star’s former digs have resurfaced for sale, asking a smidge under $9 million.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
21 Jan. 2026
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These structures formed when high-speed impacts vaporized carbon from the solar wind and meteorites; as this gas cooled rapidly, local iron particles acted as catalysts, knitting the atoms into tubes rather than forming ordinary soot.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Jan. 2026
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But then in 1949, the Soviets split the atom and the USSR thereby emerged as the world’s second nuclear power.—
Barry Scott Zellen,
Hartford Courant,
22 Jan. 2026
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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
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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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And it's never made one iota of a difference.—
Eileen Finan,
PEOPLE,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Halfpenny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halfpenny. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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