reapportioning

verb

present participle of reapportion
as in reallocating

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  1. apportioning
  2. allocating
  3. prorating
  4. dispensing
  5. distributing
  6. administering
  7. dividing
  8. splitting
Verb
  • 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
  • But the Supreme Court put off ruling on a challenge to Trump's 2020 effort to to exclude undocumented immigrants from the numbers used for apportioning congressional seats.
    — Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Definition of apportioning
Verb
  • Sports organizations are understandably allocating substantial resources to AI infrastructure and applications … in large part to get at the data sets that sports fans generate.
    — Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The question relates to increasing property taxes for the purpose of allocating more money to the fire protection district.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of allocating
Verb
  • Denver could cut his cap number almost in half by guaranteeing him $8-10 million, paying it as a bonus and prorating it out.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The players don’t lose any money, but the team gets to reduce their cap numbers by prorating the signing bonus over the term of the contracts.
    — Jonathan M. Alexander, Houston Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2026
Definition of prorating
Verb
  • Multiple bulk containers of sauces and dips in walk-in cooler nearest back loading area have unhandled utensils present in product for dispensing.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Artist Caro Yanez is bridging that gap for Charlotte creators with a new micro-gallery dispensing local artwork instead of potato chips.
    — Chase Jordan October 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of dispensing
Verb
  • Indian regulators ordered Sun Pharmaceutical to stop manufacturing, selling and distributing ophthalmic products made at its Assam facility after finding failure in ​its quality management system, Reuters reported.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 30 Oct. 2026
  • States and the National Guard already mostly handle the nuts and bolts of clearing debris, making rescues, distributing food and water and so on.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of distributing
Verb
  • Florida carried out a record-tying 19th execution of the year in an unusual instance of three states administering the death penalty on the same day.
    — David Fischer, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The secretary of state is in charge of administering statewide elections, providing information about ballot measures and candidates to voters, overseeing campaign finance and handling business licensing and filings.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of administering
Verb
  • Under this concept, armed forces aim to coordinate multiple VICTOR drones into autonomous swarms capable of dividing surveillance, reconnaissance, and transport missions in real time.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
  • James, always an exacting rhythmic engineer, was now dividing the beat into fragments tiny enough to push at the very edge of rhythm itself.
    — Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of dividing
Verb
  • The duo released one album together, the influential 1983 LP Enter, before splitting up in 1985.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026
  • What Could Be Next Roller choice may keep splitting along a clear line.
    — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of splitting
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