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
Watkins, Hall, and Davidson had double-digit points, closing out one of the best opening halves of offense from USC on the young season. — Gabriel Duarte, Oc Register, 11 Nov. 2026 Divide spinach mixture between potato halves, piling high (don’t pack too tightly). — Kelsey Jane Youngman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026 The breakdown For Coty’s first quarter 2027 earnings, the 2% like-for-like sales decline shows an improvement on the last year, when revenues fell 6% and 4% in the first and second halves of fiscal 2026, respectively. — Ella Graveney, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026 Mammalian vaults contain 78 copies of a major protein arranged into two symmetrical halves. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for halves
Noun
  • The electric driveline also has fewer moving parts, which could simplify parts of the servicing routine.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
  • A week after record-breaking rains walloped parts of Palm Beach County, some communities are still flooded.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • However, this season has quickly turned sour, with the team winning just once in 10 Premier League matches – the club’s worst league start in 40 years.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Sesi has found an extra gear when the matches count the most.
    — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • If the vote to confirm Jeffries as speaker splits along party lines, Democrats would still hold a roughly 80-vote advantage.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Franklyn, who splits her time between New York and Italy with her husband, is back in town for a packed month of press.
    — Anna Tingley, Variety, 10 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Omega Centauri, the largest and brightest globular cluster visible from Earth, is another showpiece, while the Eta Carinae region offers one of the richest sections of the Milky Way for binoculars and small telescopes.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Pitti Uomo will be organized around the usual five sections, such as Fantastic Classic, Futuro Maschile, Dynamic Attitude, Superstyling and I Go Out.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • At the center of the system is Mundo, which converts photographs of hotel rooms, corridors, and laundry facilities into interactive digital twins.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Four years after Rolnick was illegally taken from his mother’s arms, his brothers, twins Travis and Chris, suffered the same fate and were also adopted by an American couple.
    — Nayara Batschke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • From there, they’re eased gently into a bagel machine that divides the dough into rings.
    — HubSpot, HubSpot, 30 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • The film is set at Ironclaw Academy, a school where the animal companions of sorcerers – known as familiars – go through a demanding and frequently messy training regime.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
  • In stores, too, phones are now AI shopping companions, helping people compare offers and evaluate reviews before checkout.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 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 14 Nov. 2026.

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