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  • plural of half.
  • present tense form of halve (3rd person singular).
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halves

[havz, hahvz] / hævz, hɑvz /
NOUN
one of two equal parts of a whole
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“You could have folded a picture of them, and the two halves would’ve matched,” Herzog writes.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Matches are seven-a-side and played over 20-minute halves.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Dresser wanted a Dutch door — one where both the top and bottom halves swing open independently — attached to their office space, where they sometimes isolate fosters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Splitting the market in two and owning both halves is a lot like owning the whole thing in the first place.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

When both halves are plural, so is the verb: Ties or cravats are required.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner



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