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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

Labour promised in its 2024 manifesto to halve violence against women and girls within a decade.

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

Blume and his team want to halve the number of models—still leaving Volkswagen with many more than peers, they say—and make sure those that survive better match the tastes of consumers in different markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

“I. Don’t. Know. Like 1 told Barrone. I wish I knew. She offered to get the DA to halve my sentence if I could ID the contract issuer. Why are you winking at me?”

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

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

Dresser wanted a Dutch door — one where both the top and bottom halves swing open independently — attached to their office space, where they sometimes isolate fosters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Her family said she was "one of a kind" who "lived fully, fiercely and never did anything by halves".

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Milo’s mustache was unfortunate because the separated halves never matched.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Lending to eurozone businesses halved in August, a sign that rising borrowing costs following the European Central Bank’s decision to raise its key interest rate are hindering investment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

A report by the Deutsche Bank Research Institute published in July found that the yen’s purchasing power had halved since 2012, making Japan an outlier in terms of the cheapness of its currency.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Official figures show the number of asylum seekers being housed in British hotels has halved in the past year, which the Metro reporting that this is the lowest its been since 2022.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

In June 2025 there were more than 32,000 people in hotel rooms, but by June this year it had halved to more than 16,000.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Now, Olanna smoothed the napkin on her lap and smiled at the steward placing a plate of halved avocado next to her.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

In the last cycle Micron stock peaked at the start of 2022, with the forward P/E at just nine times, ahead of a halving in the shares that year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 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

Although there was a "really big case" at the law firm she was with, she said she felt she had "no option" but to leave the business, halving her family's income.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

And it is also at this point that he would have made an unfortunate discovery: looking at his image in a mirror will have had the effect of halving its height.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton