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as in parts
one of two equal or nearly equal parts
to be fair, we should each get half the pie
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as in matches
either of a pair matched in one or more qualities
it's the bottom half of the ninth inning, and the Yankees are up at bat
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Recent Examples of halves
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
28 June 2026
Gone are the days of two uninterrupted halves of football.
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Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
That’s sparked complaints of Americanization of the games – essentially splitting the two 45-minute halves into four 22-and-a-half-minute quarters.
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Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
According to press materials, Day and Night is divided into two 12-song halves.
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Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
22 June 2026
Across both halves, Jepsen explores love, anxiety, joy, fear, escapism and the strange emotions that live somewhere in between.
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Spin Staff,
SPIN,
22 June 2026
Arrange strawberry halves into 5-point stars on top of casserole.
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Amanda Stanfield,
Southern Living,
22 June 2026
In a way, the fact that Huston was made up of two halves — one part iconoclastic maverick, one part old school craftsman — gave him an edge his fellow septuagenarians lacked.
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Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
19 June 2026
Some fans have derided the breaks for turning soccer from a game played in two halves to one played in four quarters.
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Jim Barnes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 June 2026
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After Jude Bellingham netted Saturday’s first goal in the 62nd minute — snapping an England scoring drought that had lasted for more than three halves — Bellingham set up Kane’s header, which served as the dagger.
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Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
28 June 2026
Gone are the days of two uninterrupted halves of football.
—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
That’s sparked complaints of Americanization of the games – essentially splitting the two 45-minute halves into four 22-and-a-half-minute quarters.
—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
According to press materials, Day and Night is divided into two 12-song halves.
—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
22 June 2026
Across both halves, Jepsen explores love, anxiety, joy, fear, escapism and the strange emotions that live somewhere in between.
—
Spin Staff,
SPIN,
22 June 2026
Arrange strawberry halves into 5-point stars on top of casserole.
—
Amanda Stanfield,
Southern Living,
22 June 2026
In a way, the fact that Huston was made up of two halves — one part iconoclastic maverick, one part old school craftsman — gave him an edge his fellow septuagenarians lacked.
—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
19 June 2026
Some fans have derided the breaks for turning soccer from a game played in two halves to one played in four quarters.
—
Jim Barnes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for halves
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Options include hosting no programming, closing parts of the building to allow for limited programming or scheduling a limited series of closures around the building while a full slate of programming continues.
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off was only Mia Sara's second film role, but her Sloane Peterson has come to be heralded as one of the defining parts of her career.
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Some of those steps include starting to save as young as possible to take advantage of compound growth, maximizing 401(k) contributions to receive company matches, considering Roth accounts to save on taxes later and keeping debt to a minimum, experts said.
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After Iran played to a draw Sunday at SoFi Stadium, its second of the World Cup in as many matches, the team’s coach began his postmatch assessment by backing up six months.
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Bonda also volunteered at a mobile library project started by expat Debra Blake and Carol Woodruff, who splits time between Southern California and Baja.
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The rest of the album splits the difference between this newfound scrappiness and the skyscraping edifices Madeon built his name on.
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In La Guaira, entire sections of Catia la Mar remained without electricity on Thursday after many residents spent Wednesday night sleeping in streets, cars or near damaged buildings, terrified of further collapses.
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This involves patching sections of roads to avoid triggering federal ADA access ramp requirements that are mandatory during full resurfacing.
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This is especially true for premium merchandise priced over $1,000, where buyers face the highest financial risk, the authors of the report said, adding that full-body rendering has emerged as the clear consumer preference, capturing 80 percent of user engagement over basic AI twins.
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And, if no team could, how would the twins respond to being separated for the first time since their zygote days?
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What divides them is the type of finance work being transformed.
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Defections across the land border that divides the peninsula are relatively rare, as the area is densely forested, ridden with landmines and monitored by soldiers on both sides.
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Or through the eyes of her new companions, like Beef Roger Crummchuk.
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Another 54% turned to their AI companions for advice on life skills.
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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.
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For example, Highway 17 currently bifurcates a piece planners hope to lock in through Los Gatos.
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“Halves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halves. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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