as in to distribute
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals
shares in the company's profits were prorated according to the workers' length of service
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Recent Examples of prorate
Mixed-status families can qualify but benefits are prorated.
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
If there are too many people in this group for everyone to get $51, the money will be prorated.
—PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Membership in the Ozark Hill Hikers is $12 a year prorated $1 for each month remaining in the calendar year.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2025
That allows the team to prorate out money further.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for prorate
Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
If there are too many people in this group for everyone to get $51, the money will be prorated.
—PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Membership in the Ozark Hill Hikers is $12 a year prorated $1 for each month remaining in the calendar year.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2025
That allows the team to prorate out money further.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prorate
Verb
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However, just two years later, Forté was arrested at Newark International Airport with liquid cocaine and charged with possession and intent to distribute.—
Daniela Avila,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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Consumers quickly turned to social media and OPS for answers after learning that diesel fuel was mixed with regular unleaded gasoline and distributed to gas stations operated by Costco, Murphy Express and King Soopers.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
13 Jan. 2026
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There are significant worries that AI can readily go off the rails or otherwise dispense unsuitable or even egregiously inappropriate mental health advice.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Though your sink may not be running constantly, the dispensing pipe always has water ready to be used.—
Katey Psencik,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Jan. 2026
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The program is supported by grant funds allocated to the city of Milwaukee from former President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to finance lead pipe replacement for low-income residents in select neighborhoods, Pauly said.—
Alyssa N. Salcedo,
jsonline.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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The group’s board members are District 101 parents who raise funds through special events and solicitations in the community and allocate those funds to support grants submitted by teachers, administrators, parents and students.—
Chuck Fieldman,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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On January 24, there will be a mandatory payout meaning no matter how many winning tickets there are, the entire pool will be divided amongst the winning tickets.—
Danny Brewer,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The need for reinvention comes about not because the world is divided into men and women, old and young, but rather because people are diverse and come to the table with differing needs, wants, and perspectives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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This two-story house provides a generous living space with its five bedrooms and four baths.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2026
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When institutions offer ambiguous framing, populists provide clarity.—
Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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When sovereignty is confiscated and freedom administered from the outside, when the terms of liberation are dictated, the result is not a democratic transition but a protectorate dressed up in the language of damage control.—
Boris Muñoz,
Time,
12 Jan. 2026
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And Cargill’s wealth is so tied up in the gun shop that his personal bankruptcy proceedings are being administered concurrently with those of the business.—
Paul Flahive,
Austin American Statesman,
12 Jan. 2026
Verb
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And the team has reinforced its minor league system as well by bringing in lefty Brendan Cellucci and assigning him to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats.—
Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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On Wednesday, volunteers gathered at Lighthouse headquarters in Pontiac, where everyone was assigned a route and given supplies to hand out to people experiencing homelessness.—
Heath Kalb,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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By Danielle Allen Fifty dollars for STEM, five cents for citizenship—that’s how America apportions its education dollars.—
Bhumika Tharoor,
The Atlantic,
30 Dec. 2025
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Poll Signals Voter Blame for Government Shutdown A poll released a few hours before the government shutdown came into effect gave insight into how voters may apportion the blame.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Prorate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prorate. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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