Example Sentences
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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
“Offal wasn’t rationed during the war, and my mother resorted to the sort of food she’d eaten as a child: tripe and onions, brains, tongue and braised rabbit,” he told the Independent in 2009.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
The lack of electricity, except in rationed spurts, meant searing heat during the day followed by freezing cold during the night.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
Since the fall of communism 35 years ago, Poland has transformed itself from a command economy notorious for rationed goods and empty store shelves to one of the engines of European growth.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
It wasn’t even rationed, like sleep or bread.
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
