as in to allot
to give as a share or portion
the region has had to ration water during times of drought
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Recent Examples of ration
New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025
Kids consider costumes ranging from spooky goblins to little angels, and parents begin considering how to ration the candy collected after a long night of trick-or-treating.
—Sen. Dan Hall, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
Hakyung Kate Lee, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2025
It’s also easily hunted and once helped sustain enslaved people who were provided meager rations.
—Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2025
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Verb
But having protected the WTC Health Program from Musk’s chainsaw, much more must be done to fully fund this CDC program, which will soon be facing shortfalls and have to ration medical care.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025
Kids consider costumes ranging from spooky goblins to little angels, and parents begin considering how to ration the candy collected after a long night of trick-or-treating.
—Sen. Dan Hall, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
Noun
Jang says the Storm Corps were provided with slightly larger rations of food and that they are compensated better once they are discharged considering their longer tenure of service and harsh training.
—Hakyung Kate Lee, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2025
It’s also easily hunted and once helped sustain enslaved people who were provided meager rations.
—Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ration
Verb
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Introduced in the House and Senate, this law would extend the exemption period for pills to match the 13 years allotted for biologics.—
mark gibbons,
Boston Herald,
28 Mar. 2025
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She’s allotted exactly one family member of note, her mother Gail (Sissy Spacek), and the dynamic between them is defined entirely by that one specific incident of abuse.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Members, who receive a living allowance and have basic expenses covered, would be paid through the end of April, according to the memo.—
Hannah Fingerhut,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2025
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The program has different investment thresholds with different allowances.—
Kathleen Peddicord,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The Inflation Reduction Act allocated $15 million for a task force within the IRS to create a report about the costs and opinions of a potential direct e-file program.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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According to Harvard’s annual report, the largest chunks of the endowment are allocated to private equity (39%) and hedge funds (32%).—
Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Still, with nearly 2.6 million living in the U.S., Salvadorans are the third-largest Hispanic group in the country and portions of the population may be vulnerable to mass-deportation efforts.—
David Catanese,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2025
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OneNote's clipper can grab an entire website, a portion of a website, or just the content of an article.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Instead, each garment or accessory is assigned one or two points.—
Marilú Almaguer,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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Each is assigned to 10 other households in their rural community.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The event is part of Giant Steps’ Denim & Diamonds Gala, where Grandin will be headlining speaker.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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The Acer Chromebook Plus 514 is an amazing, minimal laptop that could be part of your life for $70 less.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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El Tayeb Siddig/Reuters That funding was part of some $661 million that USAID distributed in Sudan last year, accounting for nearly half of the global humanitarian response to the crisis.—
Violet Ikong,
Christian Science Monitor,
14 Apr. 2025
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Skyline Media has distributed more than 800 international films and served as sales agent for over 150 Vietnamese and Southeast Asian titles.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In 2023-24, the proportion of first-time undergraduate degree completers who earned a certificate was about 1 in 7 (15.4%), compared to 1 in 9 (11.3%), a decade earlier in 2014-15.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The proportion of female protagonists and co-leads has grown from 32% in 2015 to 54% in 2024.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Ration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ration. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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