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ration

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




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Rental prices for advanced chips have risen sharply, while some AI tools have seen more downtime or have been forced to ration usage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

To cope, he keeps the furnaces on but at lower temperatures and halts production for three to four days at a time to ration gas.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Several nations in Africa and Asia -- which were more dependent upon Middle East supplies -- have already had to ration fuel or electricity.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Just a small supply loss can cause “outsize” price action as the market tries to ration the remaining few barrels.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

“We all had to wait. It was interminable. The war was over but still we had to ration everything. The opera didn’t return for an entire season!”

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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