halve
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Alibaba this week reported a halving in profit due to heavy spending on food delivery and artificial intelligence.
The army has halved in size since 1990, and it now has one of the smallest reserve forces per capita in Europe.
Under these changes, practices for students will be halved, moving from four days of instruction to two days of rehearsal.
From Los Angeles Times
Strategy, which pioneered the business model, has seen its market cap more than halved to about $50 billion from a peak of $128 billion in July.
Generation Investment Management halved its stake in Analog Devices to 1,316,607 shares while maintaining its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing.
From Barron's
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