Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for halved
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There is no clear successor to Iran's Islamic leadership, with opposition groups divided and considered to have no large bases of support within the country.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2026 -
In North Carolina and nationwide, reaction to the attack quickly divided along party lines.—
Amber Gaudet,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Feb. 2026
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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
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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
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The title game will be March 4 at Unrivaled’s home arena in Miami, with a prize pool of $600,000 to be split among players from the championship-winning club.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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Britain split away on the second leg, looking for better wind.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2026
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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
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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
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But there’s one factor helping them on Iran policy right now, two decades after Iraq cleaved the Democratic Party in two.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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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
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All of this has already been dissected, especially after president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski questioned last October whether Harper could return to an elite level.—
Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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This entire season has dissected the way that modern society conflates existential and economic purpose.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
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But the Texas Supreme Court, at the behest of state Attorney General Ken Paxton, ruled the Dallas County ballots cast after the original close of polls had to be separated from other ballots.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
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Those ballots have been separated from the others and have not been counted, Dallas County elections spokesperson Nic Solorzano said.—
Sarah Bahari,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Mar. 2026
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By the mid-2010s, several Arab states in the gulf had severed diplomatic ties with Tehran.—
Abbas Al Lawati,
CNN Money,
1 Mar. 2026
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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
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“Halved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halved. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.
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