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Recent Examples of halve
Australia will halve its fuel excise for three months, while Vietnamese airlines will cut flights from April on concerns around jet fuel constraints and higher prices.
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The Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026
South Korea has pledged to retire most coal plants by 2040 and halve its emissions by 2035.
—Arkansas Online, 25 Mar. 2026
South Korea has pledged to retire most coal plants by 2040 and halve its emissions by 2035.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
Grate the zest of the lime into the bowl, then halve the lime and squeeze one half of it in as well (save the remaining half for serving).
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
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The Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026
South Korea has pledged to retire most coal plants by 2040 and halve its emissions by 2035.
—Arkansas Online, 25 Mar. 2026
South Korea has pledged to retire most coal plants by 2040 and halve its emissions by 2035.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
Grate the zest of the lime into the bowl, then halve the lime and squeeze one half of it in as well (save the remaining half for serving).
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for halve
Verb
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Finally, he was drawn and quartered, his remains displayed in the public square.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
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Once they're quartered, drizzle them with cream and top them with white cake mix and butter.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Downriver from the Shoshone Falls are the Pillar Falls, a low waterfall split by rock pillars.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Apr. 2026
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Wood’s colleague and head winemaker Kurtis Ogasawara tells Robb Report this wine requires a couple of tweaks in the vineyard and winery that begin with walking the block prior to harvest and splitting it up into smaller sections based on flavor development.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Every single section can be divided into a packing cube.—
Samantha Leal,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Apr. 2026
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The case has also divided the agriculture industry.—
Christiana Freitag,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The park, which is bisected by Chipman Road into north and south sections, is home to a skate park, pickleball courts, sand volleyball courts and play areas.—
Nathan Pilling
March 30,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2026
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The Israeli military has blown up several bridges over the river – which bisects Lebanon – over the past days, as part of a broader assault in the south.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2026
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Elie also subdivided the formerly five-acre property into four separate lots, with the Crosby residence now sitting on a smaller 2.4-acre parcel, and even had the 1200 Jackling Drive address changed in honor of Kathryn, who had always envisioned it as 1200 Armsby Drive.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
2 Apr. 2026
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The listing also notes that the land has already been subdivided into five lots, offering potential flexibility for future development or the creation of a multi-structure compound.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Early methods segmented sonar imagery into regions that show as highlights paired with acoustic shadows.—
John Femiani,
The Conversation,
30 Mar. 2026
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If a judge overturned Tuesday’s court ruling to extend polling place times, the provisional ballots would help election officials segment out votes cast after polls were originally scheduled to close.—
Jamie Landers,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Defendants misleading sales and advertising practices, along with bifurcating sales and marketing against the operation of the rental Program and debt enforcement, allowed Defendants to offload their supply of aging and stagnant inventory at an unlawful premium.—
Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
13 Apr. 2026
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Now we’re bifurcated, with roughly a third of our households not meeting self-sufficiency standards, and more than a third achieving wealth that was unimaginable a generation ago.—
Russell Hancock,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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But with a sequel to dissect and an audience primed for this kind of analysis, the larger conversation around villainy is worth reviving.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2026
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Dolan dissects his estrangement from his mother after forty years of attempts at peace, and weaves in research and reportage about child abuse and trauma.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Halve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halve. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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