as in to reallocate
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Recent Examples of reapportion
In New York City’s ranked-choice system, if no candidate receives a majority of the vote, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated and their votes are reapportioned according to their voters’ next preference.
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Jared Gans, The Hill, 25 June 2025
Following the cancellation, approximately $882 million in BRIC funding will be returned to the U.S. Treasury or reapportioned by Congress during the next fiscal year, according to FEMA.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 24 May 2025
The statement said about $882 million will be returned or reapportioned by Congress in the next fiscal year.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
The House has been similarly reapportioned every ten years since.
— Made By History, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
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Jared Gans, The Hill, 25 June 2025
Following the cancellation, approximately $882 million in BRIC funding will be returned to the U.S. Treasury or reapportioned by Congress during the next fiscal year, according to FEMA.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 24 May 2025
The statement said about $882 million will be returned or reapportioned by Congress in the next fiscal year.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
The House has been similarly reapportioned every ten years since.
— Made By History, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reapportion
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By shifting computing resources away from Sora, OpenAI could reallocate the computing chips to more lucrative coding, reasoning or text-generation tasks.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
24 Mar. 2026
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Petro, a former rebel leader, soared into office promising to reduce the country’s dependence on fossil fuels and reallocate state resources to addressing entrenched poverty.—
Jim Mustian,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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On the edges of Beirut's stylish downtown area and the trendy Mar Mikhael neighborhood is the devastated port area, wrecked by a massive explosion in 2020, with efforts to apportion responsibility for the disaster allegedly repeatedly stymied by Hezbollah.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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In November 2025, the government introduced streaming service quotas dictating major players should apportion a part of their local revenues to original Australian stories.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
13 Mar. 2026
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Pre-portioning baskets from the start, setting a one-treat-per-day rule after Easter morning and donating or freezing the excess are the strategies parents are actually using.—
Allison Palmer,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2026
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Inside, Bob McCarthy portioned out the dinners into takeout containers.—
Emily M. Olson,
Hartford Courant,
18 Mar. 2026
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According to Allison, in last year’s budget the district allocated nearly $1 million for the HVAC system.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Apr. 2026
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Ticket holders who have bought tickets in previous phases will also be able to see the seats that have been allocated to them via their FIFA account from 1 April.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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For salary cap accounting purposes, this lump sum can be prorated (divided evenly) over the length of the contract to spread out the amount that counts against the cap.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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Additionally, term lengths vary (some mattresses have lifetime warranties, while others have 10- or 20-year warranties), and some coverages may be prorated over time (the manufacturer may only cover a portion of the repair or replacement cost).—
Sharon Brandwein,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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The device will do the rest by dispensing the dyes in the right proportions in a bowl.—
Maryna Holovnova,
New Atlas,
31 Mar. 2026
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During one recent stop at the ArtPrize event, Zelenak said more than 3,000 acts of kindness were dispensed before the machine ran out.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
31 Mar. 2026
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The law authorized about $1 billion in state bonds, distributed to districts based on enrollment.—
Noah Daly,
Idaho Statesman,
30 Mar. 2026
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Vastnaut One assists these climbs by distributing force through both the hips and knees, helping propel the body upward more efficiently.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Mar. 2026
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Hence a new lawsuit challenging a medical scholarship administered by the Department of Health and Human Services that bars applicants who don’t have Native Hawaiian ancestry.—
Editorial Board,
Washington Post,
30 Mar. 2026
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It is used legally to treat anemia associated with chronic kidney disease and typically is administered once every two to three weeks.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Reapportion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reapportion. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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