halves 1 of 2

Definition of halvesnext
plural of half

halves

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of halve

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of halves
Noun
De Arechaga himself told a creation story involving a goddess and a cosmic serpent who is split into male and female halves. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 Roast halves cut side down rather than boiling them, since roasting concentrates the sugars and cuts moisture. — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026 The exhibition, which opened Sunday in East Hollywood, aims to unify both halves of his work. — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 But the two disparate halves of his career look startlingly the same. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Peel both halves, then scoop out the seeds, which can be roasted just like pumpkin seeds. — Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026 Instead of a typical intermission between the game’s two halves, the performance was an event of its own. — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026 To surmount the issue, Apple routed a flexible graphite pipe through the hinge itself to transfer heat between the two halves, thereby increasing the surface area available for heat dissipation. — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026 That's unlike most mobile controllers today, which either have a full-sized gamepad inelegantly clamp on to your phone, or stretch in the middle to accommodate your handset in between two halves of a controller. — New Atlas, 11 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for halves
Noun
  • Food and drink One of the loveliest parts of a stay at Hacienda Verde Tahití is the freedom to do your own thing.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The pitch would be controversial in other parts of the world.
    — Zoë Schiffer, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • André said the federation approached Concacaf due to the ongoing security situation in Haiti, which continues to prevent the team from playing international matches in the country.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
  • There are 16 Orlando area teams still in the running for state titles heading into Saturday matches.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Through a partnership with Amazon Web Services , Cerebras is developing an approach called inference disaggregation, which splits the work between two types of chips.
    — Paul Meeks, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The layout splits between a restaurant and a cocktail bar, with a listening lounge tucked into the back corner, whose walls come alive with flickering anime cartoons.
    — Jaclyn DeGiorgio, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • This one folds into three sections with a large section in the middle and two smaller ones on the edges.
    — Editors of Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Why these sections have been singled out for annotation is a mystery, given that there are more dramatic and more obviously lyrical moments elsewhere in the poem.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Harris pointed to Harris and Gill’s healthy older child, who was also living in the home, as evidence that something else was going on with the twins.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The pathologists who examined the twins also said their causes of death were undetermined, Filicetti said.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The collapse of institutional rivalry The separation of powers divides authority among the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government to prevent too much power from becoming concentrated in any one place.
    — Stephanie A, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The method divides relative cost of delay by relative job duration.
    — Dr. Timothy J. Giardino, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Yes, Googlebooks are fine companions to your Android phone, but that's about where their value proposition stops.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Some users who had developed emotional attachments complained that their AI companions suddenly felt different.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • While designing the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain, in the 1990s, the architect would sit by the river that bifurcates the city, looking at different metal treatments.
    — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 6 Dec. 2025
  • For example, Highway 17 currently bifurcates a piece planners hope to lock in through Los Gatos.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 July 2021

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“Halves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halves. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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