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Since we are unlikely to want to reduce our life spans, they concluded, we should work together to reduce the global birth rate by half.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
The minister stressed that deforestation in the Amazon fell by half between 2022 and 2025.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Ninety minutes later that number had been reduced by half.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
Background and key C-suite quote: Intel CFO David Zinsner said last week that the chip maker had shrunk its layers of management by half, from 12 to six.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Really, he’s too sincere by half “What does a poet in chief even do?”
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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