halved

past tense of halve

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for halved
Verb
  • The resort is divided into domestic and international zones.
    Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Choose the Right Varieties Garlic is divided into two main categories, and there are numerous cultivars of each type to choose from.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Others view it as a brazen attempt to split up Kansas City’s minority voters.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • That resulted in a hung parliament split between the National Rally, the left-wing New Popular Front, and Macron’s Renaissance bloc.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • But both, with their extraordinary imagery, visceral power, and almost reckless ambition, also demand to be seen and dissected.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2025
  • After the flies had died, the team dissected their brains and analyzed each of their individual cells, searching for the areas affected by arsenic.
    Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Though, with modular parts, the arms and seats can be separated to make moving easier.
    Zoë Sessums, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The two, who share three children, separated in July 2021 and finalized their divorce in September 2022.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Cali thought the connection had been severed.
    Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • There was the Algerian War, there was a lot of abuse, there was a lot of suffering, and today, relations between France and Algeria are severed.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Halved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halved. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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