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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a halving of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a reduction or decrease in quantity, size, or value by half.
Example: "The company reported a halving of its profits compared to last year."
Alternatives: "a reduction by half" or "a 50% decrease".
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For ex-users, we assume a halving of risk after 2 4 years, and halving again at 5 9, as in the International Collaboration Study (2007).
A halving of fuel duty.
They also found this corresponded with a halving of stillbirths.
Baade's recalibration resulted in a halving of the Hubble constant.
But in the long term a halving of the economic speed limit would have grim consequences.
Among his latest measures is a halving of the sales tax on capital goods.
Anglo American added 85p to £16.50 even though it announced a halving of capital expenditure next year to $4.5bn.
She fired 30,000 workers in the name of efficiency yet oversaw a halving of the company's stock price.
The stricter regulations for mass gatherings would require a town permit for private gatherings of more than 25 people, a halving of the current threshold.
One pension-scheme manager says he demanded, and quickly secured, a halving of his fee rate from a fund-of-funds.
But the plantations have contributed to a halving of the lake's surface area and destroyed marshes that protected the region from floods and seasonal water shortages.
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