as in allotted
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 rationed
We were rationed, so bacon was usually a no-no.
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Ruthie Rogers, Air Mail, 14 Mar. 2026
Are critical domestic products being rationed?
—Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
The earlier shock began with the Arab oil embargo in 1973 and received another jolt from Iran’s Islamic Revolution, forcing motorists to wait in long lines for gas as supplies were rationed.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
Treatment is discontinued, pills are split, medication is rationed, and outcomes are categorically worse when medical debt erodes access to care.
—Allison Sesso, STAT, 20 Feb. 2026
The richest nation on Earth considers health care a service to be rationed rather than a human right for all.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
The richest nation on Earth considers health care a service to be rationed rather than a human right for all.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2026
Internet bandwidth is rationed.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2026
In at least one case, pharmaceutical stocks aboard the ISS had to be rationed when an astronaut experienced a blood clot in his or her jugular vein.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Ruthie Rogers, Air Mail, 14 Mar. 2026
Are critical domestic products being rationed?
—Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
The earlier shock began with the Arab oil embargo in 1973 and received another jolt from Iran’s Islamic Revolution, forcing motorists to wait in long lines for gas as supplies were rationed.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
Treatment is discontinued, pills are split, medication is rationed, and outcomes are categorically worse when medical debt erodes access to care.
—Allison Sesso, STAT, 20 Feb. 2026
The richest nation on Earth considers health care a service to be rationed rather than a human right for all.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
The richest nation on Earth considers health care a service to be rationed rather than a human right for all.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2026
Internet bandwidth is rationed.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2026
In at least one case, pharmaceutical stocks aboard the ISS had to be rationed when an astronaut experienced a blood clot in his or her jugular vein.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rationed
Verb
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Teams are allotted two challenges per game.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Hartford Courant,
23 Mar. 2026
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Aggrieved parties are allotted 10 days from the date of the decision to file an appeal to the archdiocese’s cardinal.—
Hope Moses,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The same production lines that churn out commodity DRAM for the devices consumers use every day are being allocated to building HBM.—
Sha Rabii,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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In 2024, the city of San Diego allocated $750,000 to draft a plan to widen the park sidewalk.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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The crew assigned to Ax-4 includes Commander Peggy Whitson, Mission Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla of India, Mission Specialist Sławosz Uznański of ESA/Poland, and Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu of Hungary.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
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One of the agents' lawyers, Margaret Donovan, said in a statement that Patel went back on a promise not to fire agents based on the cases they were assigned.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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Organizers have distributed petition sheets to more than 100 volunteers and are asking that those volunteers turn in their pages to a group leader by Sunday.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
24 Mar. 2026
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The international aid is usually distributed free of charge by the state through the network of stores that Cubans use to buy food, except in cases where a donor specifies that a shipment should have a specific destination, such as medicine for hospitals.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Rationed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationed. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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