apportionment
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Federal law holds that a mid-decade Census can be conducted, but not used for apportionment.
From Salon • Aug. 14, 2025
But as a matter of paramount importance to the compact, the Texas apportionment and the treaty water will be delivered,” Melloy wrote in his report.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2023
Arizona began starting to take its full apportionment of river water in the late 1990s, and Nevada in the early 2000s.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2023
These panels often resort to computer programs to find the fairest possible apportionment.
From Scientific American • Nov. 10, 2022
When the men came down into the drawing room, Mr. Crabb discovered that Miss Wharton had carefully ensconced herself in the center of a perimeter of skirts, which defied disintegration and apportionment.
From The Maker of Opportunities by Gibbs, George
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.