as in allotting
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 rationing
Meanwhile, banks are unable to order fresh pennies and are rationing pennies for their customers.
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Ken Sweet, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
Well into the winter of 2022, major retailers like CVS and Walgreens were still rationing tests to favor adults, who were at greater risk of severe illness and death.
—Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
The months before Chile’s coup in 1973 were marked by rationing, strikes and street protests.
—Kristina Mani, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
Russian regions, including chunks of Siberia, and Crimea—which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014—put rationing at gas stations in place, the Journal reported.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Almost every country on the globe, Axis, Allies, and those pretending like neutrality was a reasonable or pragmatic stance to take, was forced into rationing supplies for civilians.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
With the Baxter plant down, hospitals around the country began rationing supplies.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2025
Stoner was rationing food, compulsively exercising and then binging, which led to a spiral of shame.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
After years of rationing during World War II, consumer demand for larger houses and all the exciting new electronics and homewares to furnish them with was insatiable.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 11 July 2019
Ken Sweet, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
Well into the winter of 2022, major retailers like CVS and Walgreens were still rationing tests to favor adults, who were at greater risk of severe illness and death.
—Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
The months before Chile’s coup in 1973 were marked by rationing, strikes and street protests.
—Kristina Mani, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
Russian regions, including chunks of Siberia, and Crimea—which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014—put rationing at gas stations in place, the Journal reported.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Almost every country on the globe, Axis, Allies, and those pretending like neutrality was a reasonable or pragmatic stance to take, was forced into rationing supplies for civilians.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
With the Baxter plant down, hospitals around the country began rationing supplies.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2025
Stoner was rationing food, compulsively exercising and then binging, which led to a spiral of shame.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
After years of rationing during World War II, consumer demand for larger houses and all the exciting new electronics and homewares to furnish them with was insatiable.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 11 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rationing
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In 1959, Prince Edward County, Virginia, closed its public schools for five years, diverting tax monies to build a K-12 private academy for 1,400 white students and allotting their families tuition grants.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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There could also be travel issues, so allotting ourselves an extra half hour to get to a destination helps lessen anxiety and stress.—
Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Grossmont board focuses on grantmaking, allocating funds from property tax levies for a range of programs.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Oral arguments, typically constrained to an hour (allocating 30 minutes for each side), will be expanded, underscoring the gravity and complexity of the case.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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One director of the Innocenti, who came aboard in the mid-fifteen-hundreds, simply stopped assigning girls to outside domestic work, owing to rampant rape and abuse.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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In the Thursday hearing, Friedman set Curran’s bond at $6,000, assigning a $1,000 for the injunction violation and $5,000 for the battery, records show.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Lionsgate is distributing the movie domestically, while Universal handles the global launch.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Capital Area Food Bank has been distributing food to federal workers affected by the shutdown.—
The NPR Network,
NPR,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Rationing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationing. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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