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rationing

NOUN
distribution
Synonyms
STRONGEST
circulation delivery disposal dissemination handling marketing sharing trading transport transportation
STRONG
administration allotment apportioning apportionment assessment assigning dealing diffusion dispensation dispersal division dole mailing partition partitioning propagation scattering spreading
WEAK
alloting circulating disposing dissipating handing out prorating
Antonyms
STRONGEST
hold keeping retention
STRONG
juncture unity
WEAK
collection gathering hoard hoarding maintenance store
NOUN
partition
Synonyms
STRONGEST
barrier dissolution segregation separation
STRONG
allotment apportionment detachment disconnection distribution disunion dividing hindrance obstruction parting portion rupture screen severance share splitting wall
Antonyms
STRONG
aid assistance help promotion whole
WEAK
attachment juncture union unity

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Doreen couldn’t wait for the end of rationing, especially for the day when nylon stockings would be available in England.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

And many more countries are seeing reductions in gas consumption, he said, either through rationing or by encouraging students and employees to work remotely.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

Oil prices more than doubled, there was fuel rationing, and the significant knock-on effects were compounded by a second oil shock in 1979 with the Iranian Revolution.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

OPEC, or the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, has long dominated the oil market by strictly rationing how much member nations can produce.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

With our small bag of rice dwindling, Kim is as good as Pa was at rationing our food.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

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