prorated

past tense of prorate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of prorated Under long-standing HUD regulations, such families are permitted to live in public housing or receive vouchers, but their benefits are prorated so that the ineligible members receive no assistance and the family pays a greater share of the rent. Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 29 Sep. 2025 Or should it be prorated across the life of a contract like a signing bonus in the NFL? Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Membership in the Ozark Hill Hikers is $12 a year prorated $1 for each month remaining in the calendar year. Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025 This is largely because cap charges associated with bonuses, unlike cap charges from base salaries, can be prorated across up to five years. Mike Sando, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025 Loan limits will also be prorated based on the student’s enrollment status. Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prorated
Verb
  • In addition to retail sales, some of these items were distributed to schools and Department of Defense facilities, although the USDA noted that the school distribution was not part of the National School Lunch Program.
    Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The Aztecs offered two complimentary tickets to season ticket holders and also distributed tickets at community events.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night yesterday after nearly a week off the air with a monologue that largely dispensed with laughs.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Alexander Paul Robertson Lewis allegedly dispensed the substance at West Florence High School in Florence, South Carolina, over a nearly monthlong span, leaving school officials mystified as to the origin of the foul odor, the Florence County Sheriff's office said in a statement.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Furthermore, according to the health policy research nonprofit KFF, less than 1% of total Medicaid spending was allocated to emergency Medicaid for undocumented immigrants in fiscal year 2023.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The Veterans Benefits Administration has received advance appropriations since 2017 and any carryover balances in discretionary accounts can be allocated for current operations, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
    C. A. Bridges, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • DeWine signed the budget bill in June, but vetoed 67 provisions which would have provided immediate property tax relief to homeowners.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In the following years, MSF provided chelation to thousands of children and the government and community organizations undertook the complex job of environmental remediation, laying fresh soil over acres of contaminated land to prevent continued poisoning.
    Tom Frieden, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The votes of the parties that did not make it into parliament will be divided proportionately, meaning PAS will end up with several seats more than a bare majority of 51.
    John E. Herbst, Time, 4 Oct. 2025
  • While critics were divided at the time, Casper became a box office hit and earned its place as a nostalgic favorite for '90s kids.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Prorated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prorated. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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