as in distributing
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals
portioned out the medical supplies equally
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Recent Examples of portioning
For the easiest reheating, consider portioning the grits into individual servings before freezing.
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Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
Pre-portioning baskets from the start, setting a one-treat-per-day rule after Easter morning and donating or freezing the excess are the strategies parents are actually using.
—Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2026
But portioning the layered dish into individual servings before cooking and steaming it on the stovetop?
—Gretchen McKay, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
And just the thing for a lots of kitchen tasks, including bigger ones like portioning out a roast chicken.
—Jesse Raub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Feb. 2026
The onslaught of intensity works, thanks to choices the restaurant makes in portioning (not overlarge) and service (not over-rushed), which gives the palate a bit of time to regroup between happy sighs.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Consider prepping and portioning these sides ahead of time to make packing lunches on a busy morning a breeze.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
The firm recently hired former Chipotle executive Jason Cochran as COO to address issues ranging from portioning to speed across both digital and in-store channels.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2025
This might mean portioning out grapes or berries, slicing carrots and bell pepper sticks, and cubing up some cheddar cheese.
—Christina Montoya Fiedler, Parents, 4 Aug. 2025
Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
Pre-portioning baskets from the start, setting a one-treat-per-day rule after Easter morning and donating or freezing the excess are the strategies parents are actually using.
—Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2026
But portioning the layered dish into individual servings before cooking and steaming it on the stovetop?
—Gretchen McKay, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
And just the thing for a lots of kitchen tasks, including bigger ones like portioning out a roast chicken.
—Jesse Raub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Feb. 2026
The onslaught of intensity works, thanks to choices the restaurant makes in portioning (not overlarge) and service (not over-rushed), which gives the palate a bit of time to regroup between happy sighs.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Consider prepping and portioning these sides ahead of time to make packing lunches on a busy morning a breeze.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
The firm recently hired former Chipotle executive Jason Cochran as COO to address issues ranging from portioning to speed across both digital and in-store channels.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2025
This might mean portioning out grapes or berries, slicing carrots and bell pepper sticks, and cubing up some cheddar cheese.
—Christina Montoya Fiedler, Parents, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for portioning
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Ebola response interventions include installing handwashing units in health facilities, schools and critical transit sites and distributing thermometers, chlorine and other supplies to treat water.—
Maryanne Murray Buechner,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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One of the two doctors who pleaded guilty to distributing the ketamine to Perry, Salvador Plasencia, was sentenced to 30 months in prison.—
Chelsea Hylton,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
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Erlanger audited Stevenson's dispensing record over those four months.—
Brett Kelman,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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Specialty pharmacies focus on dispensing and managing high-cost, high-complexity medications for patients with serious, chronic or rare health conditions.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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The encounter, captured on video, quickly gained international attention, dividing those who believed the zoo was in the right to kill Harambe for the child's safety, and others who found the act inhumane.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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By 1997, Ultimate Fighting began to join more conventional combat sports in dividing fighters into weight classes, for safety’s sake.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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McKinnon said Okta is allocating more resources to tools like Okta for AI agents and Net-zero for AI agents as companies adopt agentic AI and demand more security defenses.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
28 May 2026
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The objective of the Midas List is to identify the investors demonstrating the strongest judgment in allocating that capital.—
TrueBridge Capital,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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The United States need not choose between accepting stalemate, providing aid to Ukraine indefinitely, or escalating directly against Russian forces.—
David A. Deptula,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Most comes from the company's Starlink data/communications services, with a constellation of over 7,000 active satellites and over 10 million subscribers in markets that were previously dominated by a handful of satcom companies providing limited coverage for astronomical rates.—
David Szondy
May 31,
New Atlas,
31 May 2026
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The act of administering sports competition involves enforcing a collection of arbitrary lines; the act of watching sports involves seeing what athletes can do within those lines.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
25 May 2026
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Electroclash emerged in the long hangover of ’90s rave culture, and Miss Kittin was administering the IV fluids.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
23 May 2026
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“Portioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/portioning. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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