half an hour

idiom

: 30 minutes
I waited for half an hour.

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There have been instances in which certification has taken less than half an hour. Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 6 Jan. 2025 The visitors trailed 1-0 at half time thanks to Hugo Duro scoring inside half an hour. Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025 The results should be noticeable in half an hour or so. Aly Walansky, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024 That makes grieving complicated, as illustrated in this episode, written by Patrick Brammall, which uses a half an hour to show us a man slowly crashing through a spiral of grief. Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for half an hour 

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“Half an hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20an%20hour. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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