How to Use in half in a Sentence

in half

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  • Fold the foil in half, then fold up the edges to make 2-inch-high sides.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2026
  • The two-in-one flatiron dries and smooths your strands at once to cut your styling time in half.
    Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 25 June 2026
  • Lindor cut the deficit in half with a leadoff homer in the seventh.
    Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • Divide the romaine leaves in half and place on two dinner plates.
    Linda Gassenheimer, Boston Herald, 8 July 2026
  • Cut the pepper in half lengthwise, remove the coarse stem end and seeds.
    Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • Slice it down the middle to create two half-moons, then slice those in half again for quarters.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 July 2026
  • Cut a new piece of trimmer line about 10 to 16 feet long and fold it in half.
    Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 29 June 2026
  • Divide the chicken mixture in half and spoon over the lettuce.
    Linda Gassenheimer, Boston Herald, 8 July 2026
  • Cut eggs in half lengthwise, and carefully remove yolks; set whites aside.
    Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 29 June 2026
  • Some bystanders are later seen tearing bills in half amid the confrontation.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
  • Place a 36x18-inch piece of foil on your work surface and fold it in half to make an 18-inch square.
    Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2026
  • Instead of smashing the cucumber, slice them into thick coins before chopping them in half or quarters.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2026
  • Salazar says those efficiencies cut the typical transaction timeline roughly in half.
    Esha Chhabra, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • After a moment’s thought, Greenwald told her to do the lumpectomy—and the tamoxifen, which would cut the chance of cancer recurrence in half.
    Melanie Thernstrom, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Taylor homered for the fourth time this season in the top of the fifth, and Mark Vientos took Sale deep for a two-run shot in the top of the sixth to cut the deficit in half.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
  • The brand literally cut the coin in half along its edge in order to make one side, the Eagle with the coat of arms, the dial and the other side, Liberty, the case back.
    Roberta Naas, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • Lukaku cut Senegal’s lead in half in the 86th minute, finishing off a setup from Thomas Meunier to give Belgium life.
    Dan Zaksheske, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • Francisco Lindor led off the seventh with his third home run of the season off right-hander Trey Yesavage to cut the Blue Jays’ lead in half.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026
  • The weatherproof structures, which can store hundreds of power-hungry AI chips, can cut construction time in half and dramatically reduce costs.
    Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • The labor force participation rate fell to its lowest level in half a century when excluding the pandemic, according to data released Thursday.
    Dan Mangan,luke Fountain,kevin Breuninger,garrett Downs,ashley Capoot,justin Papp, CNBC, 2 July 2026
  • To mark America's 250th anniversary, Swiss watch brand Corum is reviving its legendary Coin watch – a timepiece that quickly became an icon in 1964 when the brand sliced the 22-karat gold Double Eagle $20 coin in half and made it into a watch.
    Roberta Naas, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

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