rations
Example Sentences
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After being a Tab obsessive for years before its discontinuation, Ward now carefully rations Coke Zero to avoid drinking three a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
"We spent so many months with no fresh rations as the ships failed to reach here, or the limited vegetables they were carrying were spoiled during the long journey," she recalled.
From Barron's ● May 18, 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
Cubbies hold food rations from floor to ceiling, enough for all of the Monitors for hundreds of years.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
