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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Just this week, New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner said that he helped craft management’s proposals to the union and continues to support them “in their entirety.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Still, Todd doesn’t like the way Hal and Grace giggle together in secret.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
Not only is Hal different than Kate thought he would be, Hal’s different than Hal thought he would be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
He recalls the moment when he realized that his impressive-seeming Uncle Hal, a great talker, often made vainglorious boasts without “a grain of truth” to them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Catelyn sat on her horse, unmoving, with Hal Mollen and her guard around her, and she waited as she had waited before, for Brandon and Ned and her father.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
“The upward trend has paused. After the gains of the previous months, this is quite normal,” said Alexander Krueger, chief economist at Bethmann HAL.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
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
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
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
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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