halved

past tense of halve

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for halved
Verb
  • The votes of the parties that did not make it into parliament will be divided proportionately, meaning PAS will end up with several seats more than a bare majority of 51.
    John E. Herbst, Time, 4 Oct. 2025
  • While critics were divided at the time, Casper became a box office hit and earned its place as a nostalgic favorite for '90s kids.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Large game like moose must be quartered before it can be handled.
    Maurice H. Decker, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • But seeing all these grocery items perfectly bisected is so satisfying.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
  • As a continent that’s bisected by the Equator, Africa is actually the least distorted of all in the Mercator projection.
    Big Think, Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The first thing visitors approaching Quincy, Washington see is dry rolling hills, cleaved by the Columbia River.
    Monica Nickelsburg, NPR, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The mudslide cleaved through Dharali village, burying some houses.
    Reuters, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Back in Denmark, laboratory analysis dissected the science.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • In the case of Cardi B, whose net worth is reportedly close to $100 million, being legally separated from her husband qualifies her as a single mother, although her economics put her in another category apart from both single- and dual-parent families.
    Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Lori Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli have separated, Fox News has learned.
    Brie Stimson , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The attacker allegedly severed the boy’s head from his body and continued to attack his torso as the victim’s mother watched.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The founders of Natasha’s Allergy Research Foundation also severed ties.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Halved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halved. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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