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
Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 16 June 2025
Many teams that lose their first game are halfway out the door of the tournament.
—Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
Graham Averill, Outside Online, 20 June 2025
This is not the result any longer of a small sample size, with the season nearing its halfway mark.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 12 June 2025
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Other times, the new species arrives at their doorstep in special transport boxes from halfway across the world.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 16 June 2025
Many teams that lose their first game are halfway out the door of the tournament.
—Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
Adjective
Bass Lake also sits at about the halfway point along the Coast Trail to Alamere Falls, a 40-foot waterfall that drops directly over a cliff onto the beach.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 20 June 2025
This is not the result any longer of a small sample size, with the season nearing its halfway mark.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for halfway
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Staff was looking for direction as to whether the Village Board would be supportive of having a list of partially eligible projects – mainly landscaping, masonry work, exterior painting, parking lot improvements and window/door repair or replacements.—
Linda Girardi,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
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The second year will be a player option and will be partially guaranteed if Harden opts in.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
Adjective
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Yet leaders of those two nations seem unlikely to refuse to retaliate because of incomplete evidence.—
Michael Lynch,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Maybe this was a manifestation of the same streaming bloat that has also, recently, produced maddeningly incomplete seasons of hit shows like The Last of Us and Squid Game.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 June 2025
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While driving - Stick to the middle lanes and stay on elevated ground.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
5 July 2025
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But most of the middle part is missing, and there’s little to explain how the event unfolded from one stage to the next.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
5 July 2025
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Around Los Angeles, flower sellers who congregate outside Forest Lawn were missing, buses were running half empty, car washes were closed.—
Jim Newton,
Mercury News,
27 June 2025
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With the tournament roughly half over, the 70,248 fans who showed up Sunday afternoon in Charlotte marked the second-most any game in the tournament has drawn so far, trailing only the 80,619 that came to the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles for a match one week before.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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While a partial Trump win on nationwide injunctions, challenges can continue.—
Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
27 June 2025
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This is why President Trump’s reaction to the commitment by NATO members at their recent summit to more than double their defense-spending target is welcome, even if a partial opt-out for Spain is not.—
The Editors,
National Review,
27 June 2025
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This is low joblessness as the median monthly local jobless rate since 2010 is 5.8%.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
28 June 2025
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Nearly all families would qualify to receive scholarships except those making more than three times their area's median income.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 June 2025
Adverb
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However, apparently Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee helped lead an effort to get rid of the provision, partly on the grounds that if states don’t regulate, and the federal government doesn’t regulate, there won’t be any regulation at all.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Devil Is a Southpaw is partly Muleborn’s novel about he and Echota’s childhood, and partly Muleborn’s adult musings about the ways their imprisonment shaped the boys and their friendships.—
Literary Hub
July 1,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
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If a person is not deficient in iron, too much iron can cause significant problems.5 3.—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
23 June 2025
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Noted: Nearly 1 in 4 Americans is deficient in Vitamin D.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
17 June 2025
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“Halfway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halfway. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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