ha'penny

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ha'penny
Noun
  • The show also begged us to care one whit about Nick’s secret romance with… Jessica’s sister!!!
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The lack of logic Trump’s fun-house version of justice may not matter a whit to voters, or alter even slightly their perceptions of the two major parties.
    Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • As with other agencies affected as part of Mr. Musk’s effort, only a small fraction of AmeriCorps employees remained at the headquarters in Washington on Thursday.
    Aishvarya Kavi, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Soybean plantations capture only a fraction of the carbon that tropical rainforests do, and drive emissions through transportation and processing.
    Sarah Sax, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Some people are forthright when Boulet asks, with a cameraman in tow, a question that is often not spoken, or at most in a locker-room whisper.
    The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
  • In truth, whispers have been circulating for months that a The Row homewares line might be in the works.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Indeed, in 2023, his music earned him just shy of $200,000, about one halfpenny at a time.
    Brett Martin, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024
  • In nineteenth-century England, tailors would place old halfpennies in the pockets of a man’s new suit for good luck.
    Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
Noun
  • The result: a light show producing beautiful blue and purple dashes against a backdrop of green and pink auroras.
    Michael D'Estries, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Carlsbad’s Makenna Herbst stepped down to the 200-meter dash and dipped under 25 seconds for the first time at 24.98, second in the section only to Gilhooly’s 24.73.
    Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • To those that have already made their mind up about migrants and Muslims, Fall’s film won’t make a jot of difference.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Any guy who journals, writes, or simply jots down notes will use it forever.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • To pass the time until the encore, the screens displayed snippets of songs for the crowd to sing along.
    Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The doc blends snippets of each teen’s personal lives with their individual preparation for 2024 NSDA Nationals.
    Addie Morfoot, Variety, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Cover and cook until roast is tender and shreds easily, about 5 hours on HIGH or 8 hours on LOW.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2025
  • But Illinois lawmakers have yet to provide one shred of evidence that any individual’s benefits fall afoul of the IRS rules.
    Ted Dabrowski, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Ha'penny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ha%27penny. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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