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Recent Examples of halfpenny
Indeed, in 2023, his music earned him just shy of $200,000, about one halfpenny at a time.
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Brett Martin, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024
In nineteenth-century England, tailors would place old halfpennies in the pockets of a man’s new suit for good luck.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
The cost of providing the training, closing the stores and any loss of sales due to boycotting customers won’t show up until the fiscal third quarter when William Blair estimates up to a halfpenny penalty to earnings per share.
—Julie Jargon, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2018
Brett Martin, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024
In nineteenth-century England, tailors would place old halfpennies in the pockets of a man’s new suit for good luck.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
The cost of providing the training, closing the stores and any loss of sales due to boycotting customers won’t show up until the fiscal third quarter when William Blair estimates up to a halfpenny penalty to earnings per share.
—Julie Jargon, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for halfpenny
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My jigger holds 1 ½ ounces in the large end and ¾ ounce in the small end.Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Kojic acid products are among the most expensive skin-lighteners, costing more per ounce than vitamin C and retinol products.Merve Ceylan, Health, 4 Nov. 2024
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The firm’s sales are a fraction of its social media peers, with Trump Media’s $1.6 million in revenue over the first six months of 2024 far smaller than Snap’s $2.4 billion and Reddit’s $520 million over the period.Derek Saul, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Being able to swap a fraction of the carbon-intensive clinker for a cheaper waste product has been a boon both environmentally and economically.Lara Williams, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Her campaign isn’t copying every jot and tittle of Trump’s tax plan and would try to recover some of the $2 trillion to $3 trillion deficit her plan would cause with taxes on unrealized gains for people with a wealth of more than $100 million and jacking up the corporate tax rate to 28%.Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Sep. 2024
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The male characters, from the man behind the curtain (Blake Hammond in a hammy turn as the Wizard of Oz) to the party boy Fiyero, (Xavier McKinnon) never steal even a jot of attention from the bond between Elphaba and Glinda.Karen D'Souza, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2024
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The Neighborhood opened Season 7 with 4.4 mil and a 0.5, down a smidgen in viewers yet up in the demo from its Season 6 averages.Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Joe’s home life is again explored, in between (and amid) moments of professional crisis, but with a smidgen more transparency than that which kept her at arm’s length from husband Neal (Annable) and their two daughters in Season 1.Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 25 Oct. 2024
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The atoms in this liquid metallic hydrogen are squeezed so tightly that its electrons are free to roam.Benjamin Roulston, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024
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The roughly 50,000 atoms in the gas lose any sense of identity, merging into a single state.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
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The kenning’s true meaning lies beyond the edges of my comprehension.Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024
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My favorite parts of the book are those where there's a new kenning.Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 14 Apr. 2023
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There wasn’t an iota of gratitude in the TD Garden crowd for Steve Kerr, who helped lead Team USA — and three Celtics — to Olympic gold this summer.Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Luckily for us, an extra decade of dating means even more emotional baggage — so casting older does not reduce the mess even one iota.Laura Bradley, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2024
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The last-minute Annie Oakley act does not alter that one whit.The Editors, National Review, 30 Sep. 2024
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The same wellness warriors who fret about microplastics seem not to care one whit about the breakdown of medical aesthetics.Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 23 July 2024
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“Halfpenny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halfpenny. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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