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The phrase "a half thousand years" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a period of 500 years in a more descriptive or poetic manner.
Example: "The ancient civilization thrived for a half thousand years before its decline."
Alternatives: "five centuries" or "500 years".
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It's about three and a half thousand years old".
"This is once every two and a half thousand years".
"We've been making bricks for seven and a half thousand years," he said.
What tribute does Lanthimos pay to his compatriot, two and a half thousand years on?
The Klamath Indians still talk about the eruption of Mt. Mazama, seven and a half thousand years ago.
A human lifespan seems very short alongside these ancient rocks, gnarled and mossy, which were put there by our ancestors, four and a half thousand years ago.
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According to China's best known military theorist, Sun Tzu (writing two-and-a-half thousand years ago), the best kind of victory is won without fighting.
And I've had that for about a year and a half, two years.
"A year and a half, two years ago, people were asking 'Is luxury dead?
He has another year and a half, two years at least.
Bacteria have inhabited the earth for at least two and a half billion years.
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