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Recent Examples of halve
Nuvo says her living expenses in Spain compared to Los Angeles have been nearly halved.
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Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump's administration wants to halve the State Department budget, cutting more than $30 billion, sources said.
—Jonathan Landay and Humeyra Pamuk, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
Earlier in the budget process, the Senate amended the bill that would defund the program to halve the cut, to $1.4 million.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2025
Perez’s budget-writers are already proposing to halve money for advanced placement, dual enrollment and international baccalaureate courses.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2025
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Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump's administration wants to halve the State Department budget, cutting more than $30 billion, sources said.
—Jonathan Landay and Humeyra Pamuk, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
Earlier in the budget process, the Senate amended the bill that would defund the program to halve the cut, to $1.4 million.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2025
Perez’s budget-writers are already proposing to halve money for advanced placement, dual enrollment and international baccalaureate courses.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 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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This means attempting to please both existing extraction players and trying to pull in new players, but splitting the difference has produced mixed results.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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Venice and Taft had split two regular-season meetings, both by 2-1 scores, so the Gondoliers’ No. 1 pair felt the pressure to set the tone for their team with the City title at stake.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2025
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If there’s rent or a mortgage, is the cost divided in half or according to square footage?—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 May 2025
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Bar Director Martino Franchi has built something ambitious here: a 21-strong cocktail list divided into three sections—Roots (for classics), Alchemy (for reimaginings), and Essence (for non-alcoholic drinks that aren’t an afterthought).—
Lela London,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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The number is bisected by emotional devastation and in that second half, Lawrence dazzles.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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In one large, redolent print, a woman in a white coat stands beside a deserted stretch of road, gazing beyond a patch of grass while the shadow of a utility pole bisects her body from head to heels.—
Bob Strauss,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Expansive glass walls, subdivided into rectangles by steel mullions, offer tantalizing glimpses into the daily and work life of its occupants.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Apr. 2025
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The Rhône is divided into two distinct regions, the Northern Rhône and Southern Rhône, which are further subdivided into village appellations which each have their own production regulations.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
18 Apr. 2025
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The Erie Canal and New York State’s other canals are segmented and managed by a series of locks, lift bridges, guard gates and movable dams that control water flow and vessel traffic.—
Gary Stoller,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Another method involves segmenting your savings by time horizon, allocating funds for short-, medium-, and long-term needs.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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His schedule became bifurcated between the two lives — early mornings sharpening, late nights cooking.—
Ahmed Ali Akbar,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
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Streaming, meanwhile, has bifurcated the nature of the modern-day executive, creating a fundamentally different structure with its own unique rules and incentives that differ from those that apply to executives who work at a traditional studio or network.—
Peter Kiefer,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Apr. 2025
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Image An untitled oil painting by George Morrison from 1965 charts two-dimensional topographies dissected by grid lines.—
Petala Ironcloud,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Alexander Werth, a biologist at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, received a call from fellow scientists and later discovered that the team would be dissecting the animal alongside and led by a group of indigenous Māori cultural experts in Aotearoa, New Zealand.—
Sara Novak,
Discover Magazine,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Halve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halve. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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