as in allots
to give as a share or portion
the region has had to ration water during times of drought
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as in allowances
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as in supplies
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rations
Noun
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The new law, which passed the Assembly and Senate last month, does not apply to the Turquoise proposal but aims to prevent similar future developments from receiving density bonus allowances.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025 -
The developers also asked for various allowances related to the county’s building and zoning restrictions.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Towns stretching out northwest from Pamukkale along a geological fault line tap into increasingly hotter supplies of steam and water surging up from underground.—
Barry Neild,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Over the past year, Ukraine dispatched thousands of wheeled ground robots to its frontline military units to help deliver supplies, evacuate the wounded and, in some cases, attack the intruding Russians troops and push them out without risking the lives of Ukrainian soldiers.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The budget, which will be finalized in November, allocates $2 million for repairs.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which serves nearly 42 million people each month, allocates money to states on a monthly basis.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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With Britain’s strongest sector, finance, benefiting from higher interest rates, and Germany’s motor vehicles and parts, struggling with tariffs and weak demand, the rivalry between the two economies is one to watch.—
Adam Gale,
Fortune,
29 Oct. 2025
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While wild game roadkill are usually allowed to be picked up and taken home to eat in many parts of the country, some animals accidentally killed by a motor vehicle first require state notification, a license and other steps.—
Stuart Dyos,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Those provisions are unconstitutional because of a conflict with the state constitution, Womack said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Oct. 2025
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In addition to holding provisions for campers' convenience, the aluminum shelving inside serves as reinforcement for the camper structure, not so different from larger campers in which interior furnishings and joinery are part of the structural bones.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Researchers validated the structure using finite element method (FEM) simulations to check how stress distributes during bending.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Oct. 2025
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The state distributes funding largely based on average daily attendance, but school districts can avoid potentially being penalized for low attendance because of events that impact the health, safety or welfare of students.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Parts of southwestern Haiti and the southern portions of the Dominican Republic are also at risk of flash flooding and landslides.—
NPR,
NPR,
27 Oct. 2025
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Divide your pizza dough into four portions.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Center assigns them to specific flight routes and schedules where scientists think in-situ data would improve the forecasts as much as possible.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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Prediction platform Polymarket currently assigns just a 6 percent probability that Sherrill will win the race by a margin of 15 percentage points or more, suggesting that while a decisive victory remains possible, forecasters see it as improbable.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Rations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rations. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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