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halve

[hav, hahv] / hæv, hɑv /


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The World Health Organization has set an ambitious target to halve snakebite mortality and disability by 2030.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

The government is also planning to "almost halve" its social security deficit in 2027, bringing it down to 12 to 13 billion euros, Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

"That's why we are tripling investment over the next five years to halve spills from storm overflows and upgrade the capacity of 1,700 wastewater treatment works," a spokesperson said.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Volkswagen plans to halve the number of models it offers as part of the plan, which responds to rising competition from Chinese automakers and tariffs that have hurt its U.S. business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

“Second, the idea of helping you halve your sentence and getting you back out and at large on the street two years earlier? Not terribly appealing.”

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

The exhibition, which opened Sunday in East Hollywood, aims to unify both halves of his work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

It will be a weekend of two halves weather-wise for most people with many seeing a cool start on Saturday.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Using that structural information, the chemists were able to make the connection between the molecule's two halves more rigid.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

“You could have folded a picture of them, and the two halves would’ve matched,” Herzog writes.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Then I propped the halves up against the garage door and headed inside as Miles drove down the street.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

Credit rating agency Moody's has halved its full-year GDP growth forecast for France to 0.2 percent, two weeks after reiterating its negative outlook as the government struggles to cut its debt pile.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

But a pardons board later halved the term, and his fine was reduced to 50 million ringgit.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

Unitree’s share price quickly halved after its August IPO, although it recovered some ground in the latter half of October.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

SK Hynix’s share price has more than halved from its peak in June amid a global selloff in chip stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Boyle found that if the pressure was doubled, the volume of trapped air was halved; if the pressure was tripled the volume was reduced to a third; and so on.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

The ATP proposed halving the doubles draws at its flagship Masters 1000 events to 16 teams, with smaller tournaments reduced to eight teams.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Now she has been banished along with fruit and vegetable sellers to a vacant lot with lower foot traffic, her turnover roughly halving as a result.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

New York City has committed to halving the construction industry’s carbon footprint by 2033.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

In all Rahm has played 17 matches, winning nine, losing five and halving three.

From BBC ● May 5, 2026

I make my way back to him, halving the distance between me and the fire.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman


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