in half

Example Sentences

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I ask him whether it's OK to crack spaghetti in half before cooking it.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

It had sliced Hasidic-majority Brooklyn Senate and Assembly districts in half to create districts that had significantly larger black and Puerto Rican populations.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

June of that year recorded a bearish dark cloud cover candle, and from there, the price was chopped in half, ultimately bottoming in the mid $50s early last year.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

While the stock surged to a high of $138 in 2021, its value has been cut roughly in half since.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026

She seemed to be half in, half out of this life—sort of similar to Clare.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman