half-century

noun plural -ies

a period of 50 yearsduring the past half-century

a score or grouping of 50a half-century of points
(as modifier)as I near the half-century mark

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Words nearby half-century

half-butt, half cadence, half-caste, half-cell, half cent, half-century, half-circle, half-closed, half cock, half-cocked, half-completed

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Example sentences from the Web for half-century

After a half-century of frigid relations, the U.S. and Cuba have agreed to a thaw as the result of 18 months of secret talks.
Up To Speed: The Cuba Embargo|Nina Strochlic|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But music devices sound worse than they did a half-century ago.
Five Lessons the Faltering Music Industry Could Learn From TV|Ted Gioia|August 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I listened to music by Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck and Horace Silver—each of the tracks more than a half-century old.
Jazz (The Music of Coffee and Donuts) Has Respect, But It Needs Love|Ted Gioia|June 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For more than a half-century before “Stairway to Heaven,” recording artists had been doing this, usually with impunity.
Did Led Zeppelin Steal ‘Stairway to Heaven’?|Ted Gioia|May 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Boko Haram presents a more diabolical danger than anybody could have imagined a half-century ago.
We Built a School in Boko Haram’s Heartland|Michael Daly|May 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Four years more, and the world would reach the half-century mark.
A Little Girl of Long Ago|Amanda Millie Douglas
It has not grown much since, however, and the old adob buildings have not undergone change in a half-century.
America, Volume 6 (of 6)|Joel Cook
On July 16, 1901, occurred the most notable political event in a half-century of Danish history.
The Governments of Europe|Frederic Austin Ogg
At that time New York was hardly more than a big village, such as Boston continued to be for a half-century later.
Washington Irving|Henry W. Boynton
He lived for a half-century between his two ateliers, on the Place Pigalle, and at Neuilly.
Ivory Apes and Peacocks|James Huneker

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