ha'penny

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ha'penny
Noun
  • Miss Keaton…is not a whit like the flustered ingénue she was cast to play.
    Chris Morris, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The whit and the whoo are from different owls.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But that direct support brought in via sponsorships is only a fraction of the billions that teams and leagues get because fans are betting on games.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Those fractions may look small, but ozone chemistry is anything but linear.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Yet the chairman Ron Noades and Coppell heard whispers of transfer interest.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • For nearly a century, filmmakers have known that jewels speak a visual language of their own—each sparkle a whisper of glamour, danger, or desire—while the jeweler becomes co-director and the gem a co-star.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 25 Oct. 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
  • Think a more year-round COTA, with a dash more exclusivity sprinkled in.
    Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Bénédictine 2 dashes Angostura bitters Stir on ice in a rocks glass, the bigger the ice, the better.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As Orlean jots down that last bit, Laroche looks shocked—but also a little charmed.
    Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Sharing a snippet of the track on social media, Cyrus shared that she was inspired by her own experience with losing her Malibu home to a devastating fire in 2018 while working on the track.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Having never advanced past the second round of the playoffs and mired in the NBA’s longest postseason drought (nine seasons), that’s a small snippet of how the Hornets are viewed across the continental United States and beyond.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The shred of good news is that this might finally get Kate into the White House, since Grace Penn (Allison Janney) is looking for a VP.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Walston ripped up the card and let the shreds fall on Penn.
    Cameron Crowe, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Ha'penny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ha%27penny. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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