reapportioning

present participle of reapportion

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reapportioning
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
Verb
  • 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
  • The new entity–which encompasses 25 investment companies and platforms and over 250 group subsidiaries–will expand its global footprint by allocating capital across public and private markets.
    Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 2 June 2026
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
Verb
  • Inside, Hruskova presided over chats with sisterly energy, dispensing reassurance, pep talks, and relationship tips.
    Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • Absolutely Fabulous star Kathy Burke will discuss wellness, before the final episode sees Guz Khan dispensing nuggets of advice on conspiracy theories, wealth and other life matters.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • The service has allowed some community building to develop, from distributing food or participating in World Cup collectible sticker books.
    Amna Subhan for the AJC, AJC.com, 11 June 2026
  • But before taking the field at PNC Park against the Dodgers Tuesday night, some of the team spent the afternoon at Pittsburgh Arsenal in Lawrenceville, meeting students and staff and distributing boxes of food.
    Josh Taylor, CBS News, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • That can buy public health experts more time to start isolating sick people, administering vaccines and rolling out treatments—ultimately saving lives.
    Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 10 June 2026
  • The Irish border is the soft underbelly for a process the British public has long since lost confidence in, as well as in those administering it politically.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • In Topawa, guests visit the Tohono O’odham Cultural Center to learn how the desert’s original stewards have flourished for millennia despite the modern line dividing their ancestral lands.
    Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
  • Today’s wealthy are increasingly dividing their fortunes between multiple advisors based on their specialties, rather than relying on one or two trusted firms.
    Robert Frank, CNBC, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • Explore both options carefully, then, and don't discount the advantages of splitting your funds among both accounts, too.
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 9 June 2026
  • The case made its first emergency trip to the Supreme Court in February, 2022, when the Justices, splitting 5–4 (Chief Justice John Roberts joined the three liberals), overturned the lower court’s order and granted Alabama’s request that elections proceed that year under the discriminatory map.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
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“Reapportioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reapportioning. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.

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