apportionment
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Federal law holds that a mid-decade Census can be conducted, but not used for apportionment.
From Salon • Aug. 14, 2025
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
Arizona began starting to take its full apportionment of river water in the late 1990s, and Nevada in the early 2000s.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2023
In general, the apportionment of electoral districts this year appears to be the fairest in 40 years, as reported by the New York Times.
From Scientific American • Nov. 10, 2022
The whole civil sovereignty is founded on an apportionment to it of the divine sovereignty for the maintenance of human society.
From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)
Vocabulary lists containing apportionment
The Golden Compass
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"The Federalist No. 10," Vocabulary from the argument
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The Federalist No. 10 by James Madison
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