first_half has definitions from the field of sport
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[ noun ] (sport) the first of two halves of play

Used in print

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

True , the pattern and flow of the drama have strong literary qualities that are a_bit wearisome in the first_half , before Don_Quixote goes to the duke 's court .

(Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)

The pottery of the first_half of the eighth century is commonly called Ripe_Geometric .

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