Definitions for half-century
half-cen·tu·ry

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1. half-centurynoun

   a period of 50 years

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1. half-centurynoun

   fifty years. a half century.

2. half-centurynoun

   A score of 50 runs by a single batsman

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1. half-century

   A half-century refers to a period of 50 years, often used in historical, cultural, or statistical contexts to mark significant time periods. In cricket, it also refers to a single player scoring 50 runs.

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1. • Time Period

How to pronounce half-century?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of half-century in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of half-century in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of half-century in a Sentence

1. Malika Andrews:

   Today, the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion, upheld for nearly a half-century, no longer exists. In less than 24 hours, we celebrated equal rights for women, and now we react to women’s reproductive rights being taken away.

2. Larry Eichel:

   In the 1970's, this city was right in middle of half a century of population decline, in the last eight years, the city has grown by 72,000 people. That's not as much as other cities, but when you put it in the context of a half century of decline, it's an achievement.

3. Michel Platini:

   During this last half-century or so, FIFA has only had two presidents, recent events force the supreme governing body of world soccer to turn over a new leaf and rethink its governance.

4. Kip Thorne:

   For us to spend basically a half-century since the three of us started working in this field, to have it actually be pulled off successfully in the manner we dreamed – it was really remarkable and wonderful, i'm forever grateful to the team that got it done.

5. Robert Bork:

   As government regulations grow slowly, we become used to the harness. Habit is a powerful force, and we no longer feel as intensely as we once would have [the] constriction of our liberties that would have been utterly intolerable a mere half century ago.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=half-century
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Half-Century
3. ^ ChatGPT
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