RATIONING Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

rationing

verb

present participle of ration

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 The government also has been rationing power with intentional outages that can stretch to more than 24 consecutive hours. — ABC News, 10 July 2026 Ukraine’s drone strikes on oil refineries and other infrastructure across Russia have triggered a widespread fuel crisis with gasoline shortages and rationing in multiple regions and motorists waiting for hours to fill their tanks. — Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026 The libreta, the rationing system that used to insure Cubans against hunger, operates only sporadically now. — Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 9 July 2026 The last strong El Niño event, which took place in 2015, brought a record 16 tropical cyclones to the Northern Pacific and a 500-year drought in the Caribbean that led to water rationing in Puerto Rico, and marked 2015 as the hottest year on record. — Simmone Shah, Time, 29 June 2026 Americans were subject to rationing of food and other items, while POWs were provided a steady diet of good food and access to many name-brand items, such as cigarettes, that were unavailable to the general population. — Helaine Williams, Arkansas Online, 20 June 2026 That will add to the demand that’s snapping back as prices fall and governments ease rationing policies. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 June 2026 Other towns and cities are rationing water just in case. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 8 June 2026 In contrast, other nations, such as India, are now rationing the use of gas. — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 3 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rationing

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Inevitably, team evil has cooler powers, like Sindel’s scream and Kung Lao’s hat of doom, but in addition to allotting an inordinate amount of its combat time to Shao Kahn, who’s just a hulking guy with a hammer, the movie’s big visual idea is characters blasting one another with beams.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 May 2026
The framework proposes allotting $20 million of it to the Rays.

— Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026

Definition of allotting

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Targeting the brownfield window For executives building technology strategies and investors allocating capital, the greenfield narrative where AI-native factories are built from scratch describes a small fraction of the actual market.

— Amit Chaturvedy, Fortune, 8 July 2026
The daily calendar displays a week at a time, allocating categories for birthdays, anniversaries and countdowns, and allowing you to color-code these events and even set alarms as reminders.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 July 2026

Definition of allocating

Verb

Customers who prefer a hands-on budgeting system that requires assigning every dollar a purpose may be happier with YNAB, while those looking for more customizable budgeting, household planning and financial goal tracking may prefer Monarch Money.

— Catherine Collins, USA Today, 10 July 2026
The team announced the signing of RHP Durbin Feltman to a minor league contract, assigning him to Triple-A Memphis.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of assigning

Verb

William Saliba — France/Arsenal (position unchanged) Gave up almost nothing to his Arsenal team-mate Gyokeres as France nonchalantly dismissed Sweden, dominating in the air and on the floor while distributing the ball sensibly.

— Liam Twomey, New York Times, 4 July 2026
PlusM is distributing the film in Korea, with Neon handling North American distribution.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 July 2026