half the time
idiom
informal
: very often
Half the time I have no idea what my professor is talking about.
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Challenges were successful just about half the time in Triple-A last year.
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John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2025
This yoga towel, available for less than $20 at Gaiam, absorbs twice as much cotton and dries in half the time.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 11 Jan. 2025
Diabetes, the leading cause of heart attacks and kidney failure, is effectively managed less than half the time.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Disconnections are common mid-match and the join-in progress doesn’t work half the time.
—Echo Apsey, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
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John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2025
This yoga towel, available for less than $20 at Gaiam, absorbs twice as much cotton and dries in half the time.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 11 Jan. 2025
Diabetes, the leading cause of heart attacks and kidney failure, is effectively managed less than half the time.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Disconnections are common mid-match and the join-in progress doesn’t work half the time.
—Echo Apsey, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
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