1
: the moon when half its disk appears illuminated
2
: something shaped like a crescent
3
: the lunule of a fingernail
half-moon
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This rug from Laurel Foundry Modern Farmhouse is available in eight different colors, but it can also be purchased in runner, area, half-moon, and oval styles.
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Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 12 July 2025
Finally, there’s the sweetest design, with Halsey reclining on a floating half-moon as two of the dancers do a romantic pas de deux.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 8 June 2025
Sam Bennett’s tip-in made it 3-0 later in the first on a power play, with Verhaeghe also part of the assault on Carolina’s blue half-moon.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 23 May 2025
Chapter Two Before there were half-moons of dirt beneath my nails, there were jewels on my fingers.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 May 2025
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Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 12 July 2025
Finally, there’s the sweetest design, with Halsey reclining on a floating half-moon as two of the dancers do a romantic pas de deux.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 8 June 2025
Sam Bennett’s tip-in made it 3-0 later in the first on a power play, with Verhaeghe also part of the assault on Carolina’s blue half-moon.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 23 May 2025
Chapter Two Before there were half-moons of dirt beneath my nails, there were jewels on my fingers.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 May 2025
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