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Volkswagen announced it will reduce its model offerings by half and cut the complexity of its offerings by 75% by 2035.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Syracuse’s international enrollment numbers declined by half for undergraduate and graduate students.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Three reactors were taken offline on Monday and output at a fourth was cut by half, EDF said in a statement, leaving just one operating at full capacity.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Refinery runs were forecast to have fallen by half of a percentage point in the Journal survey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
In fact, “well” isn’t good enough by half.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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