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
Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
Water levels had risen higher than expected, leaving the cyclist stranded halfway across the river — clinging to reeds with their bike as the current moved around them.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
Biro’s sending off came after battling for the ball with Charlotte FC striker Idan Toklomati on the halfway line.
—David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
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Having worked in close contact with Atwood for the last decade, Miller knew that the author was working on a sequel to her seminal 1985 novel long before The Testaments hit bookshelves in 2019, which was halfway into the Handmaid’s six-season run.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
Water levels had risen higher than expected, leaving the cyclist stranded halfway across the river — clinging to reeds with their bike as the current moved around them.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
That no one has been eliminated yet at the halfway point of the season means the suffering onscreen has only gotten worse for them — and all the funnier for us.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
Biro’s sending off came after battling for the ball with Charlotte FC striker Idan Toklomati on the halfway line.
—David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for halfway
Adverb
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Demolition and recovery operations will resume Sunday morning at the site of the parking garage that partially collapsed this week in Grays Ferry.—
Ryan Hughes,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Ujamaa Construction filed a mechanic’s lien against the council in November saying that it was owed $761,928 for work done on the property that it had only partially been paid for, according to documents from the Cook County recorder of deeds.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The Baburnama survives in incomplete form, with parts of Babur’s early life and sections of the narrative no longer extant.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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The key evidence for the embryo’s identity lies in its incomplete mandibular symphysis, or unfused lower jaw.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Their exchanges take place in a conversational middle range that puts their emotional substance—bewilderment, frustration, anger, quiet despair—into sharp and poignant contrast.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Accepts middle and high school-age children only.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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But a few weeks after the first anniversary of the fire, the number of people in that limbo had dropped to fewer than half, as more have taken some action toward recovery, according to data released Thursday by UCLA’s Latino Policy & Politics Institute.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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The white tip is turned on its side, while the base is half nude and half baby pink.—
Emily Kelleher,
InStyle,
7 Apr. 2026
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One person has died, and two people are missing after a partial collapse at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia parking garage under construction in the city's Grays Ferry neighborhood Wednesday.—
Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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The Hickman Mills School District will welcome several new faces to its school board in the coming weeks, along with a new source of partial relief to the multimillion-dollar debt plaguing the district.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In 2024 — the last year for which federal data is available — the median annual wage for air traffic controllers was $144,580, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.—
Mark Osborne,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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In 1998, Bezos’ $81,400 yearly salary was more than double the median salary of $31,096 for men at the time.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
10 Apr. 2026
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San Franciso dealer Jessica Silverman credited her return to the fair after several years away partly to the presence of a recent hire, fair curator Essence Harden, who is a good friend.—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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This drop is partly the result of many smoking laws enacted in the past 50 years.—
Marie Helweg-Larsen,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2026
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But with these recent iterations of the Heat, that overriding faith has proved damaging, creating a deficient team (Miami’s 23-32 against top-10 seeds) and diminished trade assets and leaving the franchise stuck in a play-in abyss with no clear escape route.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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But in 2026, that savings account has been woefully deficient.—
Imtiaz Rangwala,
Denver Post,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Halfway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halfway. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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