reapportionment
Americannoun
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the act of redistributing or changing the apportionment of something.
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the redistribution of representation in a legislative body.
Etymology
Origin of reapportionment
First recorded in 1930–35; reapportion + -ment
Vocabulary lists containing reapportionment
Example Sentences
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That case challenged a 1974 reapportionment of New York state legislative districts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
There will be reapportionment after the 2030 census to reallocate states based on population.
From Salon ● May 1, 2026
Their complaint argued that the reapportionment “packs” Turtle Mountain tribal members into one House district and leaves Spirit Lake out of a majority-Native district.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2023
As my colleague Ian James reports, the impasse has resulted from California issuing its own restructuring proposal while the other six states agreed among themselves on a framework for negotiating reapportionment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2023
If Douglas did not have a hand in the reapportionment, at least his friends saw to it that a desirable district was carved out, which included the most populous counties in his circuit.
From Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics by Johnson, Allen
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