reapportioning

verb

present participle of reapportion
as in reallocating

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reapportioning
  1. apportioning
  2. allocating
  3. prorating
  4. dispensing
  5. distributing
  6. administering
  7. dividing
  8. splitting
Verb
  • 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
  • For many consumers, diversifying their portfolios often comes in the form of allocating assets across different classes.
    — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Mamdani campaigned on a goal of allocating 1 percent of the city’s budget to parks.
    — Sam Blum, New York Times, 18 Aug. 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
  • Instead, the provider manages gas sourcing, compression, transportation, storage, and dispensing through a single service.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
  • There was even a machine dispensing soft-serve ice cream at the Jay Street station in Brooklyn.
    — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of dispensing
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  • Since 2021, nearly 50 North Carolina hospitals and the state’s health department have begun distributing the wristbands, to give mothers and care providers a visual reminder of the life-threatening health risks after birth.
    — Andrew Jones, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Alibaba has bolstered that cycle by distributing Qwen through its cloud platform to enterprise customers in markets including Southeast Asia and Africa, giving it a reach that many rivals lack.
    — Saritha Rai, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of distributing
Verb
  • Family members had already begun administering lifesaving measures, which first responders continued.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Jackson insisted the physicians administering her treatments used a general anesthetic to render her unconscious.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of administering
Verb
  • The weeks that followed have been packed with political posturing, protests and provocative talk-show fodder, much of it aimed at dividing people much more than to actually support women’s sports.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Both my wife and I have been through the loss of our parents and found the following method has worked very well for dividing up sentimental possessions among the many brothers and sisters on both sides of the family.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of dividing
Verb
  • Lindsay was working as a labor and delivery nurse at the time, while Patrick was in tech sales, splitting his time between a home office in the basement and work trips selling software that kept him on the road throughout the year.
    — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
  • As travel costs rise, vacationers are splitting trips into two contrasting parts, seeking emotional balance while making one expensive journey feel more worthwhile.
    — Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of splitting
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