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ration

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




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At 17:10, just after the power ration had kicked in, Mohammed remembers the strike hitting.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

And research has found that many data packages have become cheaper, meaning customers are less likely to have to ration their data use when out and about.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Growth for the company’s Azure cloud-computing service has been hurt by Microsoft’s need to also ration out computing access to its other AI services and internal-development efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

The shortfall is forcing countries in Asia to ration cooking fuel and airlines in Europe to cancel flights because of a jet fuel shortage.

From Barron's May 5, 2026

Mrs. Heemstra continued with her recipe for stretching the tea ration with rose leaves.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Each year, the tribespeople benefit from over $560,000 in carbon revenue that pays for forest scouts and funds education, healthcare and emergency food rations.

From The Wall Street Journal May 9, 2026

"Asia rations, switches to coal and can experience shortages in places" while "Europe pays very high prices to avoid shortages," said an energy industry insider on condition of anonymity.

From Barron's Apr. 28, 2026

Pensioners and families living on fixed incomes are hit the hardest, forced to stretch rations, skip meals or rely on remittances from relatives abroad — if they are lucky enough to have them.

From Salon Apr. 11, 2026

From meagre rations, he plumped for Johnny Kenny.

From BBC Jan. 3, 2026

Inside are the food rations and water filtration straws our ship’s passengers were going to use to survive on Sagan.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

The fact that marginal cost pricing would lead to reselling, creating windfall profits for anyone lucky enough to get a rationed ticket, does not alter the principle.

From Salon Jun. 14, 2026

In 2025 New York City’s summer-jobs program—the nation’s largest—drew roughly 200,000 applications for about 100,000 slots, and rationed them by lottery.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

Blackouts have hit Pakistan, the Philippines has imposed a four-day workweek, and countries including Slovenia and Bangladesh have rationed fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

Petrol and diesel are being rationed, and prices, already significantly higher than in neighbouring Thailand, have risen sharply.

From BBC Apr. 2, 2026

For the first time in Jack’s life, food was rationed.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren

Seven regions usually served by the reservoir have been affected, with 180,000 properties subject to rationing, the government said.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

But he found himself rationing the meal swipes, starting the semester conservatively and ending with extras, which he used by inviting his friends to come with him.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

Puerto Rico has begun rationing water across the island amid an intense drought, leaving some residents without supply for 48 hours at a time.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

The water rationing is expected to last for the rest of August, according to Puerto Rico’s Aqueduct and Sewer Authority.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

When I said we never had enough to eat, he responded, "We had rationing here, too."

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson




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