apportionment
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And, since the country’s founding, the U.S. has conducted a Census once a decade for the purposes of apportionment.
From Salon • Aug. 14, 2025
Because of a 1960s Supreme Court ruling, the apportionment of state Senate seats is based on population, not geography.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2024
But as a matter of paramount importance to the compact, the Texas apportionment and the treaty water will be delivered,” Melloy wrote in his report.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2023
These panels often resort to computer programs to find the fairest possible apportionment.
From Scientific American • Nov. 10, 2022
The particular business of the department pertaining to the increase of service and expedition of routes belonged under this apportionment to the Second Assistant Postmaster-General.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Ingersoll, Robert Green
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The Golden Compass
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The Federalist No. 10 by James Madison
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