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
Liam Hess, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2024
Stop when your torso is halfway between upright and parallel to the floor.
—Aubrey Bailey, Pt, Dpt, Cht, Verywell Health, 20 Nov. 2024
Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
The San Francisco 49ers are entering their bye week at the halfway point of the NFL season and early returns have been mixed.
—Ross Terrell, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
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The hotel is situated halfway up the historic Via Veneto in the shade of its giant sycamore trees—they’re practically saplings in La Dolce Vita, the Fellini movie that put this Roman street on the global map in the 1960s.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2024
Stop when your torso is halfway between upright and parallel to the floor.
—Aubrey Bailey, Pt, Dpt, Cht, Verywell Health, 20 Nov. 2024
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At roughly the halfway point, the rover stopped Sept. 27 to use its Mastcam-Z cameras high on the rover's mast to capture a series of images of its famed landing site.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
The San Francisco 49ers are entering their bye week at the halfway point of the NFL season and early returns have been mixed.
—Ross Terrell, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
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Evacuation warnings lifted in Riverside County, as wildfire is partially contained.Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
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In Ashtabula County, Ohio, resident Ashley Drew shared footage of a Conneaut home vanishing into a blanket of heavy snow Saturday, with its blue front door just partially visibly as snow continued to fall.Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024
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The play was initially ruled a sack and a fumble but, upon review, it was changed to an incomplete pass.Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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As the clock ticked on with under 30 seconds remaining, Williams hustled to get the offense set before throwing a pass as time expired which fell incomplete to Rome Odunze meaning the game was over and the Bears lost.Ben Morse, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
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Two roomy compartments, a zippered middle section, and a small pocket under the front clasp mean plenty of storage options to divide up essentials like a wallet and keys and makeup or perfume.Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2024
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For her glam, Paltrow styled her hair sleek and straight with a middle part.Julia Teti, WWD, 22 Nov. 2024
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Gefen’s favorite is his 1972 Saab Sonett, a coupe the color of a tangerine and whose motor roars—half ferociously, half pathetically—like a dying lion.Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2024
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Available in muted tones like charcoal black, light gray, and blush pink, this suitcase's interior is half fully enclosed and half stocked with compression straps for organizational flexibility.Morgan Ashley Parker, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2024
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That will happen twice in 2025, with partial eclipses on Mar. 29 and Sept. 21.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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The ruble has been particularly badly hit since the start of September, culminating in its partial collapse on November 27.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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The median price was $627,700 in the West and $472,900 in the Northeast.Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 30 Nov. 2024
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The median sales price of new houses sold in October 2024 was at a new record high of $437,300, up from $426,800 in September.Jason Schenker, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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Even so, Americans were deeply frustrated by still-high prices under the Biden-Harris administration, and partly for that reason chose last month to return Donald Trump to the White House.Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2024
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Sorensen’s job will be to partly get more out of those older players.Scott Powers, The Athletic, 6 Dec. 2024
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In healthy individuals who aren’t deficient in biotin, biotin supplementation will likely have no effect on hair growth, the same review concluded.Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
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The latest decision in the 30-year-long legal saga vacated a Baltimore Circuit Judge’s previous ruling regarding school funding, but still ultimately rejected the plaintiffs’ attempt to revive the litigation over claims of deficient education standards at city schools.Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Halfway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halfway. Accessed 14 Dec. 2024.
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