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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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Featuring the show’s slogan over a sunny pop of color, this sturdy ceramic mug holds a generous 15 ounces of coffee, tea, or hot cocoa, and is your Immunity Idol against a dull routine.—
Brittany Anas,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
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Count on serving 3 to 4 ounces of meat per person.—
Sheena Chihak,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Cork footbed sandals are everywhere right now, but this pair delivers the look for a fraction of the cost, along with plenty of foot-friendly details.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Apr. 2026
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The version that passed the Legislature late Friday evening would still allow a fraction of voters in cities, counties and other local taxing jurisdictions to reject budgets that call for collecting more property tax revenue than the year before.—
Matthew Kelly
April 11,
Kansas City Star,
11 Apr. 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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Sometimes the import agent or the customs official jots down the wrong product code, the wrong tariff rate, or the wrong number of units.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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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
Noun
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Soldier Boy looks a smidge less disgusted with his son after hearing that.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
15 Apr. 2026
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The blue-chip index is back within a smidge of its all-time high.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Nuclear power takes advantage of the energy released when the nucleus of an atom, such as uranium, splits in a process called fission.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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To ensure the tick rate stays constant and the clock remains accurate, scientists closely match the laser’s energy to the energy needed to excite an electron in an atom.—
Andrei Derevianko,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 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
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Expanding the frontiers of human knowledge by even an iota can take decades and comes with frequent disappointment.—
Jonathan Wosen,
STAT,
19 Mar. 2026
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With hair bleached a garish blond and her saucer eyes rolling insolently at sensitive Philip (Leslie Howard) and his endearments, Bette Davis plays W. Somerset Maugham's caustic cockney waitress at full throttle and without an iota of warmth.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Halfpenny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halfpenny. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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