- present participle of ration.
rationing
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Tehran, which has endured years of sanctions, is pushing more of the burden onto households by rationing fuel and electricity, restricting scarce foreign currency and cutting investment while preserving essential imports and state resources.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Tehran is rationing scarce goods, limiting access to foreign currency, slashing investment and shifting more of the burden onto households while preserving strategic imports and the essential machinery of the state, analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The island's Governor Jenniffer González has acknowledged these issues, but says rationing was implemented due to the weather, which has left the crucial Carraízo reservoir depleted.
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
On one page she saw a list of headings: exchange controls, rationing, the mass evacuation of large towns, the conscription of labor.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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