Sentence examples for a half cup from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a half cup" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when measuring ingredients in cooking or baking.
Example: "For this recipe, you will need a half cup of sugar."
Alternatives: "one-half cup" or "0.5 cup".

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Drain, reserving a half cup pasta cooking water.

A serving of fruit is a medium-size piece of fruit or a half cup of juice and one of vegetables is a half cup; a serving of grains is a slice of bread or a half cup of cereal.

A half cup of Breyer's fat-free chocolate ice cream has 90 calories, no fat, and 12 grams of sugar.

Turn down the heat and keep adding, a half cup at a time, to the rice.

One evening, I poured off a half cup of balsamic vinaigrette that was drowning the greens.

Raise the heat to high and reduce until there is about a half cup left.

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The guidelines suggest two-and-a-half cup-equivalents of vegetables daily.

Then you add a half-cup of sugar and a half-cup of molasses.

It's 140 calories a half-cup".

2. Set aside a half-cup of onion for topping.

No surprise that there is a half-cup butter and a half-cup heavy cream per four potatoes.

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