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Recent Examples of halve
Feeder vessels will halve sailing time.
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M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
That plan would halve the travel time for light rail passengers.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The new proposal would roughly halve the company’s original request to hike customer rates by nearly $10 billion over four years, which is believed to be the highest rate hike request in American history.
—Emily L. Mahoney, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
Overfishing has driven the rapid evolution of eastern Baltic cod, causing their body length to halve between 1996 and 2019.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
That plan would halve the travel time for light rail passengers.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The new proposal would roughly halve the company’s original request to hike customer rates by nearly $10 billion over four years, which is believed to be the highest rate hike request in American history.
—Emily L. Mahoney, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
Overfishing has driven the rapid evolution of eastern Baltic cod, causing their body length to halve between 1996 and 2019.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for halve
Verb
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Sprinkle quartered cookies over sherbet mixture, pressing gently into the mixture.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
30 Oct. 2025
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But there was no coup insofar as the military remained quartered rather than actively joining the protests or issuing a threat to compel the prime minister to resign.—
John Joseph Chin,
The Conversation,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The teams split the first two games in Toronto.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Earlier surveys reflected similar divisions, underscoring a community sharply split over his candidacy.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Oct. 2025
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The move is, of course, dividing Americans, with some people arguing that every president makes changes to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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In this stratified society, citizens are divided into seven status levels that determine every aspect of their lives — from housing to occupation to food rations.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2025
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Perhaps the most intriguing thing shown here are the tracks bisecting Park Street.—
Randy Mason,
Kansas City Star,
15 Oct. 2025
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Rancho Cordova was shaped in part by Folsom Boulevard, which bisects the densest section of the city and served, historically, as a highway stretching northeast from downtown Sacramento, said City Councilmember Linda Budge.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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His family reportedly subdivided and then sold off the entire property, including its farmlands, for $4.5 million in 2013.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
6 Oct. 2025
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The fields near where her grandfather grew up are now subdivided into small plots full of houses.—
Janet W. Lee,
NPR,
24 Sep. 2025
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The problem can be further segmented into specific problematic orbits, according to Darren McKnight, senior technical fellow at LeoLabs, which performs high-resolution debris tracking for private clients and government agencies.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Sep. 2025
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The base can be flipped over and the underside is segmented to carry cupcakes more securely or use as a serving dish.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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Consumers are also increasingly bifurcated.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
19 Oct. 2025
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Braude described Gaza’s reality as bifurcated.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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TikTok users have also dissected the couples in their videos, some of which have racked up millions of views and thousands of likes.—
Amina Kilpatrick,
NBC news,
29 Oct. 2025
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Still, the Jets’ defense needed to come up with a stop because Flacco continued to dissect them to that point.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Halve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halve. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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