How to Use halve in a Sentence

halve

verb
Definition of halvenext
Synonyms for halvenext
  • The store is halving the price of many summer items.
  • And the birth of the minivan halved the wagon's share again.
    — Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Then, halve the lemon and squeeze the juice into the water.
    — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Few in the crypto world seems to like the name halving.
    — Rafael Nam, NPR, 16 Apr. 2024
  • When the peaches have cooled, drain, peel, halve and pit them.
    — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2024
  • The growth of aquaculture has more than halved the U.S. shrimp fleet since the 1990s.
    — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Peel and halve the eggs, placing them next to the potatoes on the platter.
    — Washington Post, 1 July 2021
  • Using a fork and a knife, halve the chile, then remove the stem and scrape the seeds off.
    — Pati Jinich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Make one batch at a time—do not halve or double the recipe.
    — Shelli McConnell, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Make one batch at a time; do not halve or double the recipe.
    — Sydney Novak, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The company’s share price has more than halved in the past year.
    — Sabah Meddings, Fortune Europe, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Will there be a loss to miners as the reward is halved?
    — Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2024
  • To prepare the passion fruit, halve the fruit and scoop the pulp and seeds into a small bowl.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 28 Feb. 2022
  • This halved the gap between them and their white peers.
    — Time, 17 Aug. 2023
  • If yours is smaller, halve the recipe or plan to churn it in batches.
    — Ann Maloney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Quarter or halve potatoes and put them in a large bowl.
    — Yakir Levy, Orange County Register, 11 Apr. 2024
  • But Hagestad matched with a 15-foot birdie putt of his own to halve the hole and maintain a 1-up lead.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2021
  • To halve the number of deaths, as the WHO hopes to do, Nigeria would have to spend about 50 times that amount.
    — Cassandra Willyard, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Strict rationing enabled the city to halve its water use and avert the worst.
    — CNN, 20 June 2022
  • PacWest's shares have more than halved in value this year.
    — Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Once halved and the seeds have been scooped out, use a melon baller to scoop out small balls of cantaloupe.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 June 2024
  • Let cool, then halve and scoop out the flesh into a bowl, and mash with a fork until smooth.
    — Ellie Krieger, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Here's how it's done: Peel and halve your butternut squash, then scoop out the seeds.
    — Kate Merker, Good Housekeeping, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Pick a buttercup squash with a firm cap, halve, scoop out the seeds, and bake to bring out the squash's sweetness.
    — Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2023
  • On go the fabs, then, as Moore’s Law chugs like a train: double the performance, halve the cost.
    — Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The share of Democrats who think of China as a partner has more than halved over the same period, to 7%.
    — Mary Hui, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2023
  • To get the look, halve a papier-mache witch hat, then trace the cone part of the hat onto cardboard.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2022
  • If using the broiler, halve the eggplant and brush the cut sides with canola or vegetable oil.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Sep. 2021
  • It was all served atop roasted marble potatoes, halved so the starchy flesh could soak up the rich juices from the meat.
    — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2024
  • They are simply halved and cored, which creates a handy and tasty vessel for the oat and walnut streusel topping mounded in their centers.
    — Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024

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