reapportion
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Every 10 years, states rely on census data to redraw their legislative districts to reflect population changes and rebalance, or reapportion, congressional and legislative seats.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2023
Earlier census figures already have been used to reapportion seats in the House of Representatives and state legislatures, among other governing bodies.
From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2022
Congress also uses the results to reapportion seats in the House of Representatives for the next decade.
From Washington Times • Aug. 4, 2020
The law leaves to Congress its constitutional responsibility to reapportion the House, but it gives to the Census Bureau the mechanical chores and the political “heat” that go with that task.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016
The rest of the party would remain here repairing sledges and drying clothes until Marvin and Borup came in, when I could reapportion my loads, and send back all superfluous men, dogs, and sledges.
From The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club by Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
