half the time
idiom
informal
: very often
Half the time I have no idea what my professor is talking about.
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Such a prognosis is almost by definition unreliable; studies show that doctors get such predictions wrong more than half the time.
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The Editors, National Review, 27 Nov. 2024
This year the city has seen more brush fires in half the time, in the period from Oct. 29 to this past Tuesday.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 14 Nov. 2024
Walters used his fastball half the time, with an almost equal spit of the other two pitches.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
There’s always churn at the bottom, as teams ranked Nos. 22, 23, 24 and 25 finish ranked less than half the time — including just 23.5 percent of the time for the No. 25 team, which is Iowa this year.
—Matt Brown, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
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The Editors, National Review, 27 Nov. 2024
This year the city has seen more brush fires in half the time, in the period from Oct. 29 to this past Tuesday.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 14 Nov. 2024
Walters used his fastball half the time, with an almost equal spit of the other two pitches.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
There’s always churn at the bottom, as teams ranked Nos. 22, 23, 24 and 25 finish ranked less than half the time — including just 23.5 percent of the time for the No. 25 team, which is Iowa this year.
—Matt Brown, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
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“Half the time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20the%20time. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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