Hal
noun
a male given name, form of Harold.
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Hal
1 American
[hal]
/ hæl /
noun
HAL
2
American
abbreviation
hal-
3
American
hal-
British
combining form
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In April, the series returned for a four-episode reunion arc on Hulu starring returning fan favorites Bryan Cranston as Hal, Jane Kaczmarek as Lois and a couple of Malcolm’s TV siblings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Hal has moved from Pennsylvania back to his hometown in Illinois, also called Adams, and taken a staff position at the veterans’ home, Soldiers & Sailors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
As a veteran tells Hal, “that life we’d all grown up believing was normal, the quiet, safe, humdrum peacefulness of it all: That was a mistake.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
This John Stewart is purposefully calm and assured, even when Kyle Chandler’s Hal Jordan, an entitled jerk clinging to crusted-over glory, provokes him.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Hal and I sit in the rec room.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
Later that night, the festival would hold an outdoor screening of Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey,” featuring HAL 9000, one of cinema’s most famous rogue artificial intelligences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
We felt as if we had walked into “2001: A Space Odyssey,” and HAL would say ominously, “I’m sorry Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The CAA said it was looking at four potential changes to how HAL is governed.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Sales and profit eclipsed Wall Street expectations at Halliburton HAL 1.79%increase; green up pointing triangle , the Houston-based global oil-services company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
HAL, a town of Brabant, Belgium, about 9 m.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
Dutch and Ger.; all are from the Teutonic base hal-, pre-Teut. kal-, to cover; cf.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
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