Half-mile Definition & Meaning

Example Sentences

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The longest parade float, a paper dragon in Gutian, China, spanned a half-mile in 2012.

From Los Angeles Times

Casa Vieja Meadows was a perfect Sierra scene: a half-mile plain of yellow-green grass, a ring of forest all around it, a cattleman’s shed across the way and tranquil Ninemile Creek running its length.

From Los Angeles Times

Almost a half-mile below the surface of Monterey Bay, Calif., scientists recently recorded rare footage of a seven-arm octopus — only the fourth time the same research team has spotted the species in about four decades.

From Los Angeles Times

The market and two of Solano’s warehouses are located between Gage and Florence avenues, about a half-mile radius from encampments where multiple unhoused people live in their tents, cars or RVs.

From Los Angeles Times

Officials estimated that the debris field was a half-mile long.

From The Wall Street Journal