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
USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
Gripped by a worsening economic crisis, Cuba’s government recently adopted rationing measures to protect essential services and ration fuel supplies for key sectors.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2026
Andrea Rodríguez, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2026
One of the photographs shows a young infantry private feeding a puppy from a ration container, one of many vivid reminders that many of the soldiers were not much older than boys.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2026
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Verb
Cuba's communist government has implemented rationing measures to protect essential services in a country that was already suffering from severe shortages of food, fuel and medicine.
—USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
Gripped by a worsening economic crisis, Cuba’s government recently adopted rationing measures to protect essential services and ration fuel supplies for key sectors.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2026
Noun
The ships arrived two weeks after President Trump threatened tariffs on any country selling or providing oil to Cuba, prompting the island in recent days to ration energy.
—Andrea Rodríguez, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2026
One of the photographs shows a young infantry private feeding a puppy from a ration container, one of many vivid reminders that many of the soldiers were not much older than boys.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ration
Verb
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Michigan school districts are allotted six days that can be used to cancel school for emergency reasons.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Because of a storm coming in, the runners had to depart at around seven hours in, about an hour before the time allotted for the marathon.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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And in the bathroom, spatial allowances for shower and toilet compartments are often insufficient.—
Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
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Worse, the outbound flight’s baggage allowance was listed at 23kg (50 pounds), not the 70 pounds Orbitz stated.—
Christopher Elliott,
Mercury News,
2 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Last year, lawmakers boosted the annual amount allocated to the state’s film and TV tax credit program and expanded the criteria for eligible projects in an attempt to lure production back to California.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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The agreements, outlined in ongoing consent decrees with Baltimore City and Baltimore County, mean that additional sewer capacity cannot be allocated to Anne Arundel County.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Hairstylist Gregory Russell, who frequently works with the star, pulled her hair back tightly and cinched the lengths right at the crown of her head, wrapping a thick portion of hair around the base to disguise the elastic.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
3 Mar. 2026
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This volatile asset class comprises a substantial portion of the company’s financial assets, introducing significant speculative risk.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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One man was assigned to care for the dogs.—
Delbert L. Chears,
Outdoor Life,
5 Mar. 2026
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Those changes include amending the contract for unionized laborers to have them all under the public works umbrella, with some assigned to the street department and some to the parks department.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Thomas Burberry’s founding principles were to create products that are enduring, that stand the test of time, and that will be part of people’s lives for a long time.—
Luke Leitch,
Vogue,
2 Mar. 2026
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Talarico, who has raised more money than Crockett, is part of the Texas primary's record fundraising pace.—
THOMAS BEAUMONT,
Arkansas Online,
2 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Between 1974 and 1976 alone, the National Endowment for the Arts distributed nearly forty million dollars in grants to sixteen hundred projects.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Encompassing more than a thousand nonprofit cultural organizations across five boroughs, the DCA is the largest municipal cultural funder in the US, distributing $245 million over the last fiscal year.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This is because today’s Full Moon energy can blow things out of proportion!—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
3 Mar. 2026
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Great sesame-ginger dressings start with fresh ingredients in just the right proportions.—
Jolene Thym,
Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Ration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ration. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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