as in to reallocate
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Recent Examples of reapportion
Wimberger insists that Evers can easily solve the problem by directing his agency to reapportion funding.
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Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2025
The proper forum to consider reapportioning responsibility for MEABF is in the state Capitol in Springfield.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
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
India’s constitution mandates that parliamentary seats be reapportioned after every census, which normally happens every ten years.
—Yamini Aiyar, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2025
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Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2025
The proper forum to consider reapportioning responsibility for MEABF is in the state Capitol in Springfield.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
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
India’s constitution mandates that parliamentary seats be reapportioned after every census, which normally happens every ten years.
—Yamini Aiyar, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reapportion
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While the retirement fund depletion would lead to benefit cuts by law, Congress could reallocate money from the disability trust fund or make other changes to temporarily improve solvency to pay benefits, Goldwein said.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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Business unit leaders reallocate toward higher-value customers based on near-realtime profitability data.—
Udam Dewaraja,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Chen apportioned Quinn Emanuel associate Elle Wang, the partners’ subordinate, a share of up to $29,000.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
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The City Council ultimately agreed to apportion the money.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Their final shape, round and big as racquetballs, came together when Dale portioned the dough balls into a silicone half-dome mold.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
2 June 2026
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Both can be a part of a heart-healthy snack when portioned well.—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
15 May 2026
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These features help give you an idea of your most up-to-date financial status without spending much time manually logging information or allocating every dollar.—
Faith Wakefield,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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Jackson’s office argues regulators should take a closer look at how those costs are allocated and whether Duke’s projections for future demand are realistic.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2026
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Signing bonuses, in particular, are often prorated over multiple years for salary cap purposes, which is why the timing of a trade can matter.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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Each year, the Patriots can choose to either exercise Brown’s option bonus and prorate it over five seasons for salary-cap purposes, or decline the option and take the entire amount on that year’s cap.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
3 June 2026
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There are significant worries that AI can readily go off the rails or otherwise dispense unsuitable or even egregiously inappropriate mental health advice.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Otherwise, medical staff for the school can either write the student a prescription for an off-campus pharmacy or directly dispense the medications to the student.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
28 May 2026
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It is also being distributed internationally and has been translated into French, Spanish, German and three Greenlandic dialects.—
Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2026
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The cheese was likely repackaged, relabeled, and distributed further than locations currently tracked by the FDA.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
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Elsewhere in American Village, discipline was often administered by two Romanian women.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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Reminding us of the messy yet necessary work of grassroots activism, the play administered the equivalent of a political oxygen mask.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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“Reapportion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reapportion. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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