Definition of "halftime" []

• The intermission between halves in games of certain sports, such as basketball and football. (noun)

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• "Dole Campaign America '96: The View from the Couch, which covered how the campaign was covered, and I don't recall any of the hundreds of commentators I heard ever using the term "halftime" that way."
• "The ad appeared at halftime and Eastwood's use of the phrase "halftime in America" implied that Obama is nearing the halfway point of a two-term, eight-year presidency."
• "But what struck me was that this commercial may be the first time the word "halftime" was used, or understood, politically, to stand for a second-term presidential election."