reapportion
verb
re·ap·por·tion
ˌrē-ə-ˈpȯr-shən 
reapportioned; reapportioning; reapportions
: to apportion (something, such as a house of representatives) anew
: to make a new apportionment
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Wallace railed against the 1965 Voting Rights Act and federal mandates to reapportion the legislature as attacks on local control.
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Brucie Porter / Made By History, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024
The user argued the vote against the bill by House Democrats was a vote to continue giving these immigrants – and give newly arriving ones – representation when seats in the House are reapportioned among the states based on the 2030 census.
—Andre Byik, USA TODAY, 10 June 2024
The exciting question, for friends of a free Ukraine, is what the Ukrainians do once the Kremlin reapportions its surviving A-50s and inevitably leaves a gap in its aerial radar coverage.
—David Axe, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
Genesis also wants to reapportion the collateral to benefit all of its creditors and disputes Gemini's foreclosure and entitlement to the additional GBTC shares.
—Nina Bambysheva, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
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Brucie Porter / Made By History, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024
The user argued the vote against the bill by House Democrats was a vote to continue giving these immigrants – and give newly arriving ones – representation when seats in the House are reapportioned among the states based on the 2030 census.
—Andre Byik, USA TODAY, 10 June 2024
The exciting question, for friends of a free Ukraine, is what the Ukrainians do once the Kremlin reapportions its surviving A-50s and inevitably leaves a gap in its aerial radar coverage.
—David Axe, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
Genesis also wants to reapportion the collateral to benefit all of its creditors and disputes Gemini's foreclosure and entitlement to the additional GBTC shares.
—Nina Bambysheva, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
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reapportion
verb
re·ap·por·tion
ˌrē-ə-ˈpōr-shən
-ˈpȯr-
1
: to apportion (as a house of representatives) again
2
: to make a new apportionment
Legal Definition
reapportion
transitive verb
re·ap·por·tion
ˌrē-ə-ˈpōr-shən
: to apportion anew
especially
: to apportion (seats in a house of representatives) in accordance with new population distribution
: to make a new apportionment
reapportionment
noun
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