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Recent Examples of halve
Because the fish closer to the shore are smaller and less plentiful, the average income of a fisherman in Gaza has more than halved since 2017.
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Yara M. Asi, The Conversation, 21 May 2025
The referendum, which is predicted to fail and which the government does not support, would halve that requirement to five years.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 21 May 2025
The United Nations has predicted that in a worst-case scenario, by the start of the next century, Russia's population could almost halve to 83 million.
—Isabel Van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
Here is how Cease has fared against current Blue Jays:
His strikeout rate (9.6 per nine innings) to start the year is above his career rate (8.4) and he’s halved last year’s walk rate (3.7 per nine innings) to 1.8.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
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Yara M. Asi, The Conversation, 21 May 2025
The referendum, which is predicted to fail and which the government does not support, would halve that requirement to five years.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 21 May 2025
The United Nations has predicted that in a worst-case scenario, by the start of the next century, Russia's population could almost halve to 83 million.
—Isabel Van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
Here is how Cease has fared against current Blue Jays:
His strikeout rate (9.6 per nine innings) to start the year is above his career rate (8.4) and he’s halved last year’s walk rate (3.7 per nine innings) to 1.8.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for halve
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The 22nd Amendment capping the president at two terms is as integral to the Constitution as any of the Amendments, from free speech and the right to practice the religion of your choice to trial by jury or the prohibition of quartering troops in private homes.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2025
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Before luxury quartered off the community and gentrified the kinship.—
Marcus Thompson II,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
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The Federal Reserve is now overwhelmingly expected to keep rates on hold during its June and July meetings, with the market split over its September decision, according to the CME FedWatch tool.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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The kids split their time between this house and their other parents' homes.—
Stephanie Warsmith,
USA Today,
8 June 2025
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Model parallelism divides the neural network itself across hardware.—
Jitender Jain,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Americans were also divided over what their separation means for the country, according to the survey, which has a margin of error of 2.1 percentage points.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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The latest buildings, to be developed by Ryan Cos. and located between Cretin Avenue and Mount Curve Boulevard, will be bisected by a new pedestrian promenade that will emerge at an angle from a small plaza to be located near Lunds at Ford Parkway and Cretin Avenue.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
3 June 2025
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On May 20 the lunar disk will be bisected by the terminator, with the left half illuminated by the sun, and the right drenched in shadow, throwing several large craters into relief.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
19 May 2025
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The property, located on the north side of Route 20 and west of Hilliard Drive, was subdivided into 15 lots in 1988 but was never developed, Latinovic said.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2025
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Dollar Point was originally subdivided in 1960, Haug said in an email to the Sacramento Bee.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
22 May 2025
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The measurement focuses on users from New Consumer Classification System segments A, B, and C, representing the core demographic driving streaming consumption in urban India.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 May 2025
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In the same report, Vizient highlights that a midwestern health system segmented their patients into three groups: loyal, splitter and uncommitted.—
Corey Scurlock,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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And most crucially, perhaps, was my nose: bare, no longer horizontally bifurcated by a ridge of black acetate.—
Alice Gregory,
Vogue,
4 June 2025
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As the anniversary approaches, the rights of LGBTQ+ couples feel bifurcated.—
Melanie Stetson Freeman,
Christian Science Monitor,
8 May 2025
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And Just Like … That Club, our subscriber-exclusive newsletter obsessing over, dissecting, and debating everything about season three.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
6 June 2025
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The comedian came up before the prominence of social media, where every move gets dissected and shredded into pieces.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
4 June 2025
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“Halve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halve. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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