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half-full

adjective

  1. (of a vessel, place, etc) holding or containing half its capacity

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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A source describes the Dane as a glass half-full type of manager.

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Even if “Sirât” proves half-empty instead of half-full, witnessing another audience gasp at its mean shocks will be sweet schadenfreude.

I tend to be a glass half-full type of person, but the president and his ideas are just so crazy sometimes.

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In a glass half-full assessment, midfielder Declan Rice told BBC Radio 5 Live: "We're probably unlucky we didn't score 10 tonight."

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Items in a full freezer may be safe for up to 48 hours if it’s been kept shut, and a half-full freezer may be OK for up to 24 hours.

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