How to Use and a half in a Sentence

and a half

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  • Just three and a half hours south of Dallas lies Houston, Texas’ largest city.
    — Carinne Geil Botta, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • But for another two and a half years, it’s stuck with a boss who often seems oblivious to customer concerns.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Two and a half years in, our platform is solid because the strategy was built together and the culture is aligned.
    — John Speranza, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • The replacement joint was successfully installed four and a half hours into the spacewalk.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • About a year and a half ago, the 33-year-old, who lives in Indiana, was diagnosed with HIV.
    — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
  • Five and a half hours after beginning the spacewalk, Williams and Meir were able to reattach the LEE cluster as planned.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • The satellite has orbited Earth about once every hour and a half for more than two decades, and over time, friction with particles in the upper atmosphere has caused its orbit to decay.
    — Anna Y. Q. Ho, Scientific American, 29 June 2026
  • After swinging four trades over the past week and a half to secure their goaltending tandem and fortify their forward depth, Florida didn’t really have much left to accomplish to assemble its roster.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
  • The veteran left-hander has yet to appear in a big league game for the Red Sox, having missed his first season and a half with the organization while working his way back from Tommy John surgery.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 28 June 2026
  • The veteran left-hander has yet to appear in a big league game for the Red Sox, having missed his first season and a half with the organization while working his way back from Tommy John surgery.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 28 June 2026
  • Bobby Bonilla, who played for the Orioles for one and a half seasons during his 15-year career, was, oddly enough, at the Baltimore Orioles game on Wednesday, the day he is owed money.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • There are about seven and a half million borrowers in the SAVE plan and servicers will begin sending them official notices Wednesday, said Lindsay Vail Clark, chief borrower advocate at Savi, a student loan debt assistance platform.
    — ABC News, 1 July 2026

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