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ration

[rash-uhn, rey-shuhn] / ˈræʃ ən, ˈreɪ ʃən /




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Like all Cubans, Flores saves water in a tank, rationing it for drinking, cooking, washing and bathing.

From The Wall Street Journal

The impact of funding cuts has already led to the closure of mother and baby clinics in Afghanistan, and reductions in food rations for displaced people in Sudan.

From BBC

The trio often pray together, and ration whatever milk they get that day to make tea.

From Los Angeles Times

The rationing measures are being applied mainly to private firms doing NHS work, but multiple NHS hospitals are understood to be affected too.

From BBC

Polls show half of British consumers are planning to ration energy use this winter as they struggle with wholesale electricity costs that are 80% higher than the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal