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The phrase "up to half" is correct and commonly used in written and spoken English.
It means "a maximum of half" or "as much as half." Here are a few examples of using "up to half" in sentences: 1. "You can have up to half of the pizza, but the rest is for the others." 2. "The store is having a sale where you can save up to half off on select items." 3. "I'm only willing to pay up to half of the cost for the new phone." 4. "She ate up to half of her plate before declaring she was full." 5. "The charity event has raised up to half of its fundraising goal."
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"If you have to go up to half a million shares, go up to half a million shares," he added.
Some of the individual blocks, finished by hand on site, weigh up to half a tonne.
The acceleration is large: up to half a year per sibling.
Now that figure is up to half.
Tobacco kills up to half of its users.
In developed countries, roughly up to half of this food waste comes from consumers.
Conduction dissipated up to half of the mechanical energy input, while convection was low.
Medication errors complicate up to half of inpatient stays and some have very serious consequences.
Survival chances are up to half an order of magnitude larger than for populations with DIE.
The labels charge up to half a penny per stream per subscriber.
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"We were too casual after that up to half-time".
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