as in partially
in some measure or degree
that was a halfway decent performance of a difficult piece
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as in incomplete
lacking some necessary part
when halfway measures, such as posting signs, failed to keep people off the property, a fence was erected
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as in middle
occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes
by the time she had reached the halfway point, she was ready to quit the marathon
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Recent Examples of halfway
Gabby Sartori,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
The bomber was in the air a very short time before slamming into the ground about halfway down the runway.
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ABC News,
17 June 2026
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
Biro’s sending off came after battling for the ball with Charlotte FC striker Idan Toklomati on the halfway line.
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David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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Now, whether viewers are in western Pennsylvania or halfway around the world, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood is only a click away, and always ready to be their neighbor online.
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Gabby Sartori,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
The bomber was in the air a very short time before slamming into the ground about halfway down the runway.
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ABC News,
17 June 2026
Adjective
And finally… The highlight of Nottingham Forest’s 1-1 draw at Porto in the Europe League’s quarter-finals last night was Porto’s Martim Fernandes conceding this early own goal from not far off the halfway line.
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Phil Hay,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
Biro’s sending off came after battling for the ball with Charlotte FC striker Idan Toklomati on the halfway line.
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David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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Now Reid, dressed in black with his chest partially exposed beneath an open jacket revealing a scar, stepped on stage and into the role of Lestat in front of the audience.
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This set of buildings escaped the fate of the nearby Baltimore Superblock, when an adjacent collection of buildings where generations of Baltimoreans once shopped was partially burned in a September 2024 fire.
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Even in school districts with strong policies protecting recess, 60% of schools still withheld it for poor behavior and 69% withheld it for incomplete academic work.
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The description is not so much wrong as incomplete, ignoring centuries of migration, adaptation, and creativity in favor of a single mid-20th-century snapshot.
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Former Philadelphia Phillies middle reliever Yunior Marte has signed with the in-state rival Pittsburgh Pirates.
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While on the road - Opt for the middle lanes and remain on higher ground.
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Style it with a white maxi skirt for a day of sightseeing or half-tucked into denim shorts for a gallery-hopping afternoon.
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Now Charli is half-heartedly walking the comment back.
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Panic inside buildings Videos circulating on social media showed people rushing out of buildings in the capital, while some users reported partial collapses and damage to structures.
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The blaze ignited Wednesday at the nearly 500,000-square-foot cold storage facility run by a company called Lineage, beginning on the roof, which caused a partial collapse and moved the flames into the building, where 85 million pounds of food are stored.
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Wealth and power are tightly intertwined, and the median white household has a net worth 10 times the median Black household, a disparity that adds up to more than $10 trillion.
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Today, two families earning 30% or less of Boise’s area median income — $33,200 for a family of four — lease the homes behind the church.
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That’s partly thanks to the air suspension, but much of it can also be attributed to the new chassis design built around that integral battery pack, creating a stiff platform that’s quiet and smooth.
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How popular the program could be Sutter’s Fort was fairly quiet Thursday afternoon, which is partly a reflection of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on parks and museums according Jared Jones, a site supervisor for Sutter’s Fort and the Indian Museum.
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About 220,000 need major repair or replacement, and 41,677 are rated poor, also called structurally deficient.
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About 220,000 need major repair or replacement, and 41,677 are rated poor, also called structurally deficient.
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“Halfway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halfway. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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