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halves

[havz, hahvz] / hævz, hɑvz /
NOUN
one of two equal parts of a whole
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No need to worry about halves of avocados going brown and, eventually, bad in the fridge.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026

His time more than halves the record of the only other person to scale the tower.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

“It is probably a tale of two halves, as is much of the economic outlook,” said Tony Crescenzi, Pimco executive vice president and portfolio manager.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

Both versions of the verticillin molecule are built from two identical halves that must be connected into a structure called a dimer.

From Science Daily • Dec. 22, 2025

The microwave had stopped heating, but the little green oval halves looked exactly the same.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas