portion-controlled

[ pawr-shuhn-kuhn-trohld, pohr- ]

/ ˈpɔr ʃən kənˌtroʊld, ˈpoʊr- /

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being a standardized portion of food: The restaurant uses frozen, portion-controlled entrées.

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In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

I stood with a tape recorder, listening to men denounce the liberal media controlled by Jews.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Two years ago in Michigan, she oversaw AFP operations to help the Republican-controlled legislature pass sweeping anti-union laws.
The Next Phase of the Koch Brothers’ War on Unions|Carl Deal and Tia Lessin|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And in informal talks, Chinese leaders have compared hackers on both sides to unruly children who can only barely be controlled.
Obama Could Hit China to Punish North Korea|Shane Harris, Tim Mak|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Some tribes” have “requested guidance on the enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA),” the opening reads.
Tribes to U.S. Government: Take Your Weed and Shove It|Abby Haglage|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

According to the indictment, it is part of a network of Latino gangs controlled by La Eme.
The Mexican Mafia Is the Daddy of All Street Gangs|Seth Ferranti|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On the upper part of the stem the whorls are very close together, but they are more widely separated at the lower portion.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
In the old world, poverty seemed, and poverty was, the natural and inevitable lot of the greater portion of mankind.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
There are many more good dwellings on this plain than in the rural portion of Lower Italy.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
He controlled himself betimes, bethinking him that, after all, there might be some reason in what this fat fellow said.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
Turn not away thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various