"half-yearly" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, pages 54–55",
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        "Of which there are two in a year; semiannual; biyearly."
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        "Twice in a year; semiannually."
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "měi bànnián",
          "sense": "twice a year",
          "word": "每半年"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "měi bànnián yīcì",
          "sense": "twice a year",
          "word": "每半年一次"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "twice a year",
          "word": "halfjaarlijks"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "twice a year",
          "word": "puolivuosittain"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "twice a year",
          "word": "halbjährlich"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "twice a year",
          "word": "félévente"
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        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "káždyje polgóda",
          "sense": "twice a year",
          "word": "ка́ждые полго́да"
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          "roman": "raz v polgóda",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "měi bànnián",
      "sense": "twice a year",
      "word": "每半年"
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      "roman": "měi bànnián yīcì",
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      "sense": "twice a year",
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      "sense": "twice a year",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "twice a year",
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      "sense": "twice a year",
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      "roman": "káždyje polgóda",
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