half a dozen

idiom

: six
half a dozen eggs

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This included bringing Hawking to Texas more than half a dozen times in the 1990s and early 2000s. ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025 By the middle of the decade, however, a mudlark could search half a dozen times and find nothing. Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025 Image The Texas Indigent Defense Commission’s periodic audits have identified at least half a dozen counties that did not follow state laws on indigent defense for a decade or more. Ilana Panich-Linsman, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025 Since its creation in 2021, the program has involved more than half a dozen state agencies, and DeSantis wants lawmakers to pass a bill this session enshrining it into law. Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for half a dozen

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“Half a dozen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20a%20dozen. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.

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