reapportion

verb

Definition of reapportionnext
as in to reallocate

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Recent Examples of reapportion Constitutionally, House seats are reapportioned every ten years by state legislatures following the national census. — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 27 Apr. 2026 DeSantis has also said that because the state’s population growth has changed rapidly since 2020, the state should be reapportioning its districts. — Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 27 Apr. 2026 After every 10-year Census, the 435 House seats are reapportioned to reflect the latest state-by-state population numbers (counting all residents, citizens and non-citizens alike). — Craig Gilbert, jsonline.com, 23 Feb. 2026 Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment requires 'counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed' for purposes of reapportioning the House. — Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for reapportion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reapportion
  1. reallocate
  2. apportion
  3. portion
  4. allocate
  5. prorate
  6. dispense
  7. distribute
  8. administer
Verb
  • And the capital that built the large language model era has begun to reallocate.
    — Celine Herweijer, Time, 15 July 2026
  • For Meta, the company is more likely to reallocate any internal compute that is ultimately deemed to yield a lower return and rent it out — in essence, doing the opposite of what some investors have taken issue with at Microsoft.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 8 July 2026
Definition of reallocate
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  • Each year, Congress apportions funds to individual institutes within NIH based on what lawmakers deem most critical to the public.
    — Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 27 June 2026
  • Females, minors &c are excluded from the polls, but are included in the enumeration of persons on whom representation is apportioned.
    — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
Definition of apportion
Verb
  • Buttery and flaky, these individual strawberry desserts are perfectly portioned for your next cookout.
    — Brennan Long, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
  • For someone trying to pull that off on a Tuesday night, having the ingredients already portioned and waiting in the freezer is the difference between cooking and ordering takeout.
    — Ascend Agency, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2026
Definition of portion
Verb
  • The government allocated $10 million to develop the site into a tourist attraction.
    — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • Contracts define participation, allocate risk and establish accountability.
    — ByStephen Pitt-Walker, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of allocate
Verb
  • Beginning July 1, 2026, new borrowers enrolled less than full-time will have their annual loan limits prorated based on their credit load.
    — Dan Avery, CNBC, 1 July 2026
  • Awards for short-term training will likely be prorated for the program's length.
    — Cory Turner, NPR, 10 June 2026
Definition of prorate
Verb
  • Many of the voting members on the committee consult with or are employed by companies that could promote or dispense peptides.
    — Alana Semuels, Time, 23 July 2026
  • Again and again, Hartig’s GOP interlocutors seemed to be operating from a definition of a museum that sees its role as dispensing propaganda.
    — Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026
Definition of dispense
Verb
  • Siena College of Health was shut down in 2023 following an FBI investigation that found the nursing school was implicated in a scheme distributing more than 7,600 fake nursing diplomas.
    — Ella Moore July 23, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
  • Under the regulation, app developers who distribute their product via Google Play should be able to inform customers of alternative, sometimes cheaper offers.
    — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 23 July 2026
Definition of distribute
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  • However, this vaccine involved recapturing animals four weeks on from their initial shot in order to administer the booster injection.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 July 2026
  • The film was supported for its Berlin World Premiere by the UK Global Screen Fund — financed by the UK Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport and administered by the BFI.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 21 July 2026
Definition of administer

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“Reapportion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reapportion. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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