- present participle of ration.
rationing
Example Sentences
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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
Puerto Rico has begun rationing water across the island amid a drought, leaving some residents without supply for 48 hours at a time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
And as I watched them prance and dance around the parking lot like sugared-up puppets, I told myself to stop rationing pleasure as if it were a paycheck.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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World War I
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