halfpence

noun

variants or halfpennies
plural of halfpenny
as in ounces

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for halfpence
  1. ounces
  2. nutshells
  3. fractions
  4. flecks
  5. atoms
  6. scruples
  7. shreds
  8. mites
Noun
  • Don’t think of chocolate as a magnesium supplement, but a little bit (Brancato recommends keeping the serving modest at 1 to 2 ounces) can be part of a healthy eating pattern.
    — Jo Ann Liguori, Flow Space, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The affected products have a net weight of 8 ounces and are kept refrigerated.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of ounces
Noun
  • Archaeobotanists find various parts of plants, including seeds, chaff, fruit pits, nutshells and cobs.
    — Alexandria Mitchem Hansen, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
  • And these nutshells that are now all restored have been used for that purpose for more than eight decades.
    — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
Definition of nutshells
Noun
  • Machine learning models, by contrast, make predictions in fractions of a second.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
  • This represents a significant improvement over conventional qubits, which are prone to decoherence within fractions of a second.
    — Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of fractions
Noun
  • The soup itself has an almost lemon curd-like acidity and sweetness, and it’s laced with flecks of fresh corn and tiny diced pieces of zucchini.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Amid his vast responsibilities running all the departments in the Giants’ front office, Zaidi still found the time to pore over MLB Draft League statistics and look for flecks of gold.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of flecks
Noun
  • These uncoordinated atoms create electrical traps that stall the flow of current.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Fission – or the splitting of atoms (usually uranium) – produces energy that heats a liquid (usually water) into steam, which then spins a turbine, generating electricity.
    — Donald Keough, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of atoms
Noun
  • Hilton rejects the argument floated by some of his former colleagues that his scruples became a casualty of his ambition.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Still, there are some smart, well-meaning voices of caution who warn Democrats against forgetting their scruples.
    — Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
Definition of scruples
Noun
  • In contrast, when a previously obscure writer, Mia Ballard, was accused of using AI in her horror novel Shy Girl, her publisher launched an investigation, canceled the book, and left her reputation in shreds.
    — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The pork chop came with an unfamiliar vegetable, shreds of a green stalk.
    — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of shreds
Noun
  • Bex Claire Hamell, a houseplant educator and award-winning horticulturist, looks for common pests, including mealybugs, scale, thrips, aphids, and mites, and meticulously treats plants with visible infestations.
    — Rachel Gillett, Martha Stewart, 25 Aug. 2026
  • That figure excludes the fungi, the microscopic mites and the viruses that infect the bacteria themselves.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of mites
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“Halfpence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halfpence. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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