Hal
noun
a male given name, form of Harold.
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Hal
1 American
[hal]
/ hæl /
noun
HAL
2
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abbreviation
hal-
3
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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
What these old men want is for Hal to listen to their stories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Hal is the kind of man who’d brag he came by his greatness through hard work and keeping his nose clean.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Mr. Wells had first upended the field of taxonomy in the early 1980s, when he fell afoul of the Australian Museum and Hal Cogger, then a herpetology curator there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Bran would have liked it better if he and Robb had gone off alone, just the two of them, but Hal Mollen would not hear of it, and Maester Luwin backed him.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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 lender also updated its guidance to include its recent acquisition of German private bank HAL and expects to rake in more than 6.3 billion euros in net interest income, or NII, this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
This snarky, self-aware couple is the type to build themselves a smart house and name its system HAL.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
The RCB team had arrived by a special flight at the old HAL airport to be received by Karnataka Deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025
HAL turned quickly, to see if any of his men had been hit.
From Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants or, Serving Old Glory as Line Officers by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
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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