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
  • 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
  • Florida’s comparative-fault rules provide the framework for allocating fault when the evidence supports doing so.
    — Emma Clapp, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
  • So to say that another way, plants are taking up all of this carbon from our atmosphere and then allocating about thirteen billion tons of that to networks every year.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 Oct. 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
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  • Items such as the coffee pots, dispensing nozzles for cappuccino and frazil machines must be washed and sanitized as needed.
    — NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Despite those circumstances, Yusuf continued dispensing oxycodone to Llerena, according to the factual proffer.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of dispensing
Verb
  • Leo presided alone over the liturgy, distributing Communion to medical personnel and Vatican gendarmes present, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Leo presided alone over the liturgy, distributing Communion to medical personnel and Vatican gendarmes present.
    — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of distributing
Verb
  • Along with the murder charge, Von Ferdinand faces special circumstance allegations of killing Jett for financial gain and administering poison, Stephan said.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Health officials recommend administering naloxone to anyone who appears to be overdosing and calling 911.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of administering
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  • Beginning in 1992, Nagy began dividing his time between New York and New Delhi.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Earlier this year, the state parted ways with its main contractor, Kiewit, over a pricing dispute, dividing the remaining work into multiple contracts.
    — Caroline Foreback, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of dividing
Verb
  • The two networks will be splitting it with NBC showing Game 1 on Saturday and Game 4 a week later.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • My sister divided the buns between our family members, splitting hers in two and handing me the other half.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of splitting
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