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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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The closest buck was quartering away to my right, running hard.—
Robert Merchant,
Outdoor Life,
1 Oct. 2025
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This military incursion sparked the American Revolution and led to the Constitution's Third Amendment, forbidding troops from being quartered in homes during peacetime.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, Cleveland was mostly splitting its DH at-bats between Manzardo and David Fry … whose September pop came on an accidental Tarik Skubal fastball to his nose.—
Ryan Ford,
Freep.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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The acquisition announcement comes as MSNBC prepares to split from NBC as part of parent company Comcast’s move to spin off its cable properties into a separate company, to be called Versant.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Sep. 2025
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See how commonwealth compares to other states The classic Halloween symbol is also great at dividing the masses.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Taiwan’s tender architecture is divided into two parts for 2026 and 2027.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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If built, these homes would bisect the West Bank and cut off Jerusalem from a future state of Palestine.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
30 Sep. 2025
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On August 20, Israel approved the construction of the controversial E1 settlement that effectively bisects the West Bank; Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich explicitly framed the move as a response to calls for Palestinian statehood.—
SHIRA EFRON,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Sep. 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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Its 26 blocks are further subdivided into 80 separate parcels, offering Wineburg a wide range of options each year to blend Quintessa to perfection.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
21 Sep. 2025
Verb
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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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Appreciate the plurality of their needs and segment them into the top three priorities.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Especially given the value of sports rights, some programmers could also bifurcate their rights.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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Since the political rise of Trump in 2016, social media largely bifurcated into two distinct camps on either side of the MAGA divide.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
17 Sep. 2025
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Burt dissects every era and ties the albums to work by literary greats.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Tua Tagovailoa’s costly turnovers, issues on the offensive and defensive lines, the lack of turnovers, and pressure placed on quarterbacks and everything else that’s wrong with the team general manager Chris Grier built, and Mike McDaniel coaches has been dissected to death.—
Omar Kelly
October 2,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Halve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halve. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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