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
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  • Those with power should never be afraid to reallocate and redistribute their power to others; true allyship and advocacy require that.
    — Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The fate of 25 Flock cameras in Davidson County was sealed Monday night after commissioners voted unanimously to terminate its contract with the security company, take the cameras down and reallocate that money to a mobile command center.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of reallocate
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  • Parties with less than 5% of the vote are excluded from the legislature, with their votes apportioned to the larger parties.
    — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The fungibility of the hands is a reprieve from the book’s scenes of violence and its fallout, from the endless assigning of blame and the apportioning out of mercy or destruction.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of apportion
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  • Howrey’s own politics are here — feminist, environmentalist, activist — but believably portioned out to her characters.
    — Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Desserts such as the Jamaican rum cake with coconut ice cream are portioned for sharing.
    — John Kessler, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of portion
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  • Every year, each employee is allocated a certain number of hours for service to the community.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Chicago helped pioneer the modern listing marketplace that has led to enormous gains in allocating houses efficiently.
    — Tomas J. Philipson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of allocate
Verb
  • Full refund before your first privacy report, then prorated based on unused time in the subscription.
    — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Luckily, veteran-minimum contracts begin to prorate once the season begins.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of prorate
Verb
  • Sales of prepared food and dispensed beverages also increase slightly less than anticipated.
    — Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Saum Poorsaleh, San Diego police public information officer, said his department had issued more than 50 citations at Sunset Cliffs and dispensed about 350 warnings, written and oral, since mid-June.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of dispense
Verb
  • During Covid times, $1,200 stimulus checks were distributed to certain individuals across America.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026
  • What this means is these blasts of radio waves carry the fingerprints of how matter in the universe is distributed.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of distribute
Verb
  • Maybe rival Iowa administers a reality dose this week that makes Cyclones fans miss Campbell all over again.
    — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • California’s death penalty also faces a new legal challenge from groups arguing that capital punishment cases have been administered in a way that is racially discriminatory.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of administer

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