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other half

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noun

  1. the people of an economic class clearly different from one's own or from that to which reference is being made.

    a glimpse of how the other half lives.

  2. Informal. one's spouse.

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Other half of the visas would go to people currently receiving temporary protected status.

From Washington Times • Jan. 13, 2018

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