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The phrase "about a half mile" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate an approximate distance, often in directions or descriptions of location.
Example: "The nearest gas station is about a half mile from here, just down the road."
Alternatives: "approximately half a mile" or "roughly half a mile".
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The Slocum River is about a half mile away.
We moved about a half mile an hour.
The city's elevated rail system stops about a half mile away.
Lake Balaton and its beaches are almost a kilometer away (about a half mile).
About a half mile away, the Hicks family plot is in an upscale Lawrence neighborhood.
The address was 22 Gia Long Street, about a half mile from the embassy.
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MGM Grand Casino is about a half-mile from here.
He said he was hurting after about a half-mile.
The orangutans usually traveled about a half-mile a day, often looking for fruit from trees.
Another would open a private lot on College Point Boulevard, about a half-mile away.
The house is about a half-mile from the 285-acre campus of Rice University.
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