halfway through

phrase

: when half finished : at the middle point (of)
The teacher stopped the movie halfway through.
We left halfway through the lecture.
We're about halfway through the project.

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Bake cookies, rotating baking sheets top to bottom and front to back halfway through, until golden and cracked (edges will be firm but centers should still be soft), 16–18 minutes. — Ellary Collins, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026 Arkansas is coming off a season with two wins, none in the SEC, after firing Sam Pittman halfway through his sixth season. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2026 There was a Bluetooth speaker on the ground connected invisibly to somebody’s phone, and, around halfway through the hang, the speaker started playing song after song by Drake. — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2026 Arthur Ashe Stadium, the highest-capacity arena in tennis, is halfway through an $800 million renovation, which will reconfigure it toward the premium hospitality that the USTA says its most moneyed customers demand. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for halfway through

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“Halfway through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/halfway%20through. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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