half-century

noun

a period of 50 years
during the past half-century
1. a score or grouping of 50
  a half-century of points
2. ( as modifier )
  as I near the half-century mark

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An internet search of the most influential American political books of the last half-century will reveal such works as Noam Chomsky’s “Manufacturing Consent” or Naomi Klein’s “The Shock Doctrine.”

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He impressed with three half-centuries in three Tests against New Zealand last year and again in making 82 in the first one-day international against West Indies last month.

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Starc brought up his half-century with a slash over the slip cordon, but he had earned the right for a stroke of fortune.

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He looked a good bet here: holding his focus until a scoring opportunity presented itself then expertly finding the gaps to the boundary, with that familiar idiosyncratic strokeplay, to reach a half-century.

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Left-hander Bethell made three half-centuries in New Zealand at the end of last year, batting at number three after Pope slid down the order to stand in as wicketkeeper.

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