rationed
Example Sentences
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It was priced at thousands of dollars for a season of monthly shots and rationed, sensibly, to the highest-risk babies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 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
Bangladesh has rationed fuel and deployed the military to ward off unrest.
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
The coaches stunk of coal smoke and rationed tobacco and rationed booze and the farts of people eating wartime food.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
