half-year

British

noun

1. a period of 6 months
  
  the campaign lasted nearly a half-year
2. ( as modifier )
  
  a half-year break

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Example Sentences

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The stock rose 23% and 14% after its last two earnings reports, and its monthly chart shows a completed five and a half year cup base.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Nottingham Forest signed Borussia Monchengladbach left-back Luca Netz on a four and a half year deal.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

Sales for the quarter rose to $2.58 billion compared with $2.48 billion for the comparable period a year earlier, taking the total for the half year to $5.03 billion, up from $4.93 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 20, 2025

"The typical loneliness, if that repeats for days, months, and half year, that is now more than a feeling," Lee explains.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

Such was the power of a half year of horizons.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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