Examples of half hour in a Sentence
Trains depart every half hour.
I waited a half hour in line.
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Officials also want to address supervision challenges since high school students are dropped off as early as 6:45 a.m. for a 7:45 a.m. start time and middle school students are dropped off about a half hour before the start of school.
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Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Second half hour features Nicole Byer, Drew Carey, Jeff Dunham, Max Greenfield, Pete Holmes, Lil Rel Howery, Rita Moreno and Bobby Moynihan.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
In fact, the speakers might have been a bit too engaging: Attendees had so many questions that lunch started almost a half hour late, and an afternoon break came and went with no pause in the programming.
—Grace Huckins, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2025
But after Tuesday morning’s economic reports, which hit the market after its first half hour of trading, Nvidia swung to a loss of 6.2% and became the heaviest weight on the S&P 500.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Second half hour features Nicole Byer, Drew Carey, Jeff Dunham, Max Greenfield, Pete Holmes, Lil Rel Howery, Rita Moreno and Bobby Moynihan.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
In fact, the speakers might have been a bit too engaging: Attendees had so many questions that lunch started almost a half hour late, and an afternoon break came and went with no pause in the programming.
—Grace Huckins, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2025
But after Tuesday morning’s economic reports, which hit the market after its first half hour of trading, Nvidia swung to a loss of 6.2% and became the heaviest weight on the S&P 500.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Half hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20hour. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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