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Recent Examples of reapportionment
This count is then used to determine how the 435 House seats are distributed among the 50 states, a process called reapportionment.
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Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
DeSantis argued last week that the population has grown enough to require a mid-decade census and reapportionment.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
According to the American Civil Liberties Union, reapportionment is the process of redistributing the number of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives among the 50 states based on population changes revealed by the decennial Census.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
December estimates from the Brennan Center for Justice show that Southern states will gain nine seats in the next reapportionment of congressional districts, with Texas, Florida, and North Carolina leading the changes.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 26 Apr. 2025
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Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
DeSantis argued last week that the population has grown enough to require a mid-decade census and reapportionment.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
According to the American Civil Liberties Union, reapportionment is the process of redistributing the number of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives among the 50 states based on population changes revealed by the decennial Census.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
December estimates from the Brennan Center for Justice show that Southern states will gain nine seats in the next reapportionment of congressional districts, with Texas, Florida, and North Carolina leading the changes.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reapportionment
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But the idea, which specifically ruled out using data for apportionment and required the count to be taken in years ending in five, never got funded.—
Ronald J. Hansen,
AZCentral.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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That practice stopped when the agency received a two-month apportionment through the end of the fiscal year, according to CDC employees, but some grants were delivered late while others remained blocked with little to no communication from administration officials.—
Nathaniel Weixel,
The Hill,
21 Aug. 2025
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Adaptivity enables rapid reallocation of resources and responsive strategy shifts.—
Scott Hutcheson,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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For now, the reallocation is relatively orderly, and has not undercut the stability of consumer cyclicals, financial stocks or industrials, and thus would seem to be saying little about the macroeconomic setup.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
20 Aug. 2025
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These detours normally take about 20 minutes to complete, though the redistribution of traffic due to the I-65 closure may lead to longer drive times.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
30 Aug. 2025
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Global economic challenges like wealth inequality are increasingly an issue of redistribution rather than limitation.—
Serenity Gibbons,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Burns was indicted by a grand jury in Fayetteville in November and pleaded guilty to distribution of child pornography in February, according to court documents.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
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During a conference call with reporters earlier this week, NFL EVP of media distribution Hans Schroeder confirmed that the calendar loophole in the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 that allowed for two years of late-summer Friday dates will temporarily close in 2026.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Alterations to production line arrangements, employee skill development, and pipeline software modifications necessitate extra budget allocations and time resources.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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New iterations of the research model down the road will include asset allocation to different sectors of commercial real estate.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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From the start, Cloudflare has helped develop and run Certificate Transparency that has allowed this mis-issuance to come to light.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
3 Sep. 2025
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has suggested the Treasury avoid increasing the size of long-end Treasury issuance unless rates move lower, but the Treasury still needs to raise much more than is maturing for the 10-year and bond auction cycles each month, even if the auction sizes remain steady.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Reapportionment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reapportionment. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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