halve
Example Sentences
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Alibaba and JD.com reported profits roughly halving in their latest quarters, partly because of heavy spending on food delivery.
"I couldn't go back on my word to you," Stephen told Rachel after voting for Jack - meaning the pair shared the victory and halved the £95,750 prize.
From BBC
In the qualification rounds, these points are halved.
From BBC
It is now threatened with a demographic crisis after its birth rate halved over the past decade, despite the end of the restrictive "one-child" policy.
From Barron's
The Institute of Cancer Research said two years of abiraterone halved the risk of prostate cancer coming back and reduced the risk of death by 40%.
From BBC
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