halve

Example Sentences

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Friday’s result showed its vote share there has halved.

From The Wall Street Journal

The party's 25.4% of the vote represented a near halving of their 50.8% of the vote in 2024 and the 13th biggest ever fall in the party's support in a by-election.

From BBC

The government has pledged to halve "long-term rough sleeping" by 2030 and prevent more households from becoming homeless in the first place.

From BBC

Down the road at the Tavaratori store, with its signs in Finnish and Russian, "sales had halved", a worker said.

From Barron's

Under its proposed reforms, the government said it is also planning to halve the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers in England by the time children born in this Parliament finish secondary school.

From BBC