halved

Definition of halvednext
past tense of halve

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for halved
Verb
  • Crest Canyon Crest Canyon, known as District X1A, is in the construction phase, which is divided into three work zones that run through September.
    Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Today, its suites are divided between the Sands Collection, whose refreshed family collection is particularly well conceived, and the Paiza Collection.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Once they're quartered, drizzle them with cream and top them with white cake mix and butter.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Close-quartered and stylish, the movie begins at a Gothic New England mansion where the wealthy patriarch Harlan Thrombey has been found with his throat slit.
    Anna Russell, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Bridgeman pocketed $4 million on Sunday while Sepp Straka and Brian Harman split the last-place share of $51,000.
    Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • For this service they were allegedly paid $60,000 to split among themselves.
    Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 22 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The conservatory opens out to a small woodland — call it Glazer Shire — bisected by a small creek.
    Mark Lamster Architecture Critic, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • In fact, the trend in recent times has been to rejoin urban neighborhoods that were bisected by interstate highway construction in the 1960s.
    Ian Savage, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Cyprus was cleaved along ethnic lines in 1974 when Turkey invaded following a coup aiming to unite the island with Greece.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Perceptions about the country’s and states' trajectories cleaved along partisan lines for respondents in both Houston and Chicago.
    Maliya Ellis, Houston Chronicle, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Her image lives on almost exclusively through paparazzi photos — photos that have been dissected and cataloged for a generation of fashion aficionados.
    Chloe Melas, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
  • His mistakes were all over the film as the Huskies dissected one of their worst defensive performances of the season.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The Mission patients were separated from other patients only by plastic partitions, according to the CMS records.
    Andrew Jones, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026
  • In hopes of becoming a singer, Big Edie separated from her husband.
    Rosemary Counter, Vanity Fair, 25 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Five workers stationed near the powerhouse were rescued by helicopter from both the New Colgate facility and a nearby Pacific Gas & Electric site after the access road was severed.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The Central Avenue Bridge, a major artery connecting Wyandotte County to the West Bottoms, has been severed for five years.
    Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2026
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“Halved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halved. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.

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