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- noun fifty years;
half of acentury . - noun cricket A score of 50 runs by a single
batsman - noun sports A score of 50 points in a single game.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a period of 50 years
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Examples
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I don't know what public schools Paul has been around, but the ones I have been around for the past half-century as a student, newspaper reporter, and teacher have generally been reflective of the community.
Randy Turner: Michelle Bachmann, Ron Paul and Those Evil Public Schoolteachers Randy Turner 2011
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Over this half-century, Lumet's work flows in two main channels that at times converge: adaptations of plays and novels, and films expressing his fascination with the vagaries of the law and the working of the criminal justice system.
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Things haven't changed much in the last half-century or so.
Nelson Montana: The Winner, But Never Champion Nelson Montana 2011
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I don't know what public schools Paul has been around, but the ones I have been around for the past half-century as a student, newspaper reporter, and teacher have generally been reflective of the community.
Randy Turner: Michelle Bachmann, Ron Paul and Those Evil Public Schoolteachers Randy Turner 2011
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Things haven't changed much in the last half-century or so.
Nelson Montana: The Winner, But Never Champion Nelson Montana 2011
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Things haven't changed much in the last half-century or so.
Nelson Montana: The Winner, But Never Champion Nelson Montana 2011
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And LeBeau has been involved with the NFL for about a half-century and is in the Hall of Fame.
Defensive Player Of The Year AP 2011
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Jones wrote "Soul Bossa Nova" in 1962 - proof that a half-century later, the veteran music man has still got the groove.
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And LeBeau has been involved with the NFL for about a half-century and is in the Hall of Fame.
Defensive Player Of The Year AP 2011
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Things haven't changed much in the last half-century or so.
Nelson Montana: The Winner, But Never Champion Nelson Montana 2011
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