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[rash-uhn, ray-shuhn] / ˈræʃ ən, ˈreɪ ʃən /




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But as state "bodegas" disappear, the "libreta" ration book that symbolized equal access to affordable food for all is being quietly shelved.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

That’s less than the cost of a ration pack in a galaxy far, far away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

And research has found that many data packages have become cheaper, meaning customers are less likely to have to ration their data use when out and about.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

I feel like I have to ration my questions because there are only so many times she will respond to me.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

Whether I had dropped it or it had been stolen, the bread was gone, and with it the ration coupons.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

If AI doesn’t pan out or become profitable, or if people don’t start paying for it, we’ll have a lot of chips with which to measure our food rations.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Detainees also say food rations were reduced, forcing them to buy costly items at the commissary.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

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

And yet it happened, this day, and the next, and the next, until an awed little group of spectators stood around watching the drops fall onto the daily rations of bread.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

After the second world war, sugar remained rationed in Britain for several years.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

The fact that marginal cost pricing would lead to reselling, creating windfall profits for anyone lucky enough to get a rationed ticket, does not alter the principle.

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026

First come the long lines for rationed gas and groceries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

On the island of about 9.6 million people, diesel sales are now suspended and gasoline sales are drastically rationed.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

Germans stationed in France fill their duffels with items rationed or no longer available at home due to wartime restrictions.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

"Anyar Dubai" has been "going viral" for its plentiful supply, said rebel spokesman Pyae Phyo Kyaw, at a time when Myanmar military-held areas have been rationing petrol.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

But the rationing has frustrated many ordinary citizens, with Nasanjargal telling AFP that the lines are "very troublesome and extremely difficult overall".

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

This would include waiving of taxes on animal feed inputs, as well as "active retail price monitoring to deter opportunity price gouging and rationing".

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

They are implementing rationing and diverting resources from investments to hold out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

When the authorities discovered a number of these communications, they took the extraordinary measure of rationing toilet paper.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela


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