halve

Example Sentences

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At the same time, they are going to halve the value of the health top-up for most new claimants.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Ministers have described a "national emergency" and the UK government has pledged to halve violence against women and girls within a decade.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

The front-of-shirt deal with AIA, worth around £40m a year almost certainly contains relegation clauses that could halve its value.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

The government says it plans 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 • Feb. 22, 2026

“Second, the idea of helping you halve your sentence and getting you back out and at large on the street two years earlier? Not terribly appealing.”

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin