as in allotting
to give as a share or portion
the region has had to ration water during times of drought
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Recent Examples of rationing
So the 56-year-old, who lives outside Nashville, Tennessee, started rationing her rheumatoid arthritis medications.
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Renuka Rayasam, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2026
Emotional fatigue builds and high performers start rationing effort or quietly disengaging.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The entire district was rationing food, and people did not have a lot to eat.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
No one in 1946 could imagine British rationing would continue another 10 years.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 11 Jan. 2026
There’s a story about someone who’s been rationing their insulin and the downsides of that.
—Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Porter County will begin rationing road salt after taking delivery of nearly half the salt for the season with three months of winter remaining.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
Shortages of food, once guaranteed by a government rationing system, are threatening to push millions of Cubans closer to malnutrition.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
Iran introduced fuel rationing back in 2007, but that has yet to ease demand for the ultra-cheap gasoline.
—Nasser Karimi, Arkansas Online, 14 Dec. 2025
Renuka Rayasam, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2026
Emotional fatigue builds and high performers start rationing effort or quietly disengaging.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The entire district was rationing food, and people did not have a lot to eat.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
No one in 1946 could imagine British rationing would continue another 10 years.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 11 Jan. 2026
There’s a story about someone who’s been rationing their insulin and the downsides of that.
—Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Porter County will begin rationing road salt after taking delivery of nearly half the salt for the season with three months of winter remaining.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
Shortages of food, once guaranteed by a government rationing system, are threatening to push millions of Cubans closer to malnutrition.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
Iran introduced fuel rationing back in 2007, but that has yet to ease demand for the ultra-cheap gasoline.
—Nasser Karimi, Arkansas Online, 14 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rationing
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Households with incomes under $75,000 are allocating less on discretionary categories like travel and experiences than in 2019, while those above $150,000 are allotting more, according to a Bank of America report released last month.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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For years, Marley has been allotting a portion of his concert ticket sales for charity issues.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
20 Nov. 2025
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The legislation would provide greater flexibility for governments in allocating funding under the program, which was created in 1990 as part of a broader shift in housing policy toward greater responsibility for states and cities.—
Zach Halaschak,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Feb. 2026
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Judge Miguel Espinoza both praised and criticized the county’s progress at the hearing, at times applauding the collaboration between stakeholders and at other times questioning whether the Board of Supervisors was allocating enough resources.—
Jason Henry,
Daily News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Like other participants, the Mantic AI had to answer 60 questions by assigning probabilities to certain outcomes.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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If, as seems to be generally accepted, the Biden administration allowed some 15 million immigrants into the country, assigning 1,000 judges to their hearings and having each hear five cases a day would result in the process taking about 10 years to complete.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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And Tuesday night — which featured Yancy’s team distributing a printout of questions challenging the mayor’s handling of the budget — shows the rift between the two progressives growing.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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But by the time cops were distributing her image, her worried parents had realized that the child wandered off and had begun canvassing the neighborhood for her.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Rationing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationing. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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