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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There will be reapportionment after the 2030 census to reallocate states based on population.
From Salon ● May 1, 2026
The Constitution calls for reapportionment of House seats once a decade after the census.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
Michael Li, senior counsel in the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program, said Friday the Census Bureau’s new estimates indicated there might be a slightly less dramatic 2030 reapportionment across the nation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2024
In the 2022 elections, California Republicans gained one seat, from 11 to 12, while Democrats dropped to 40 seats from 42, after California lost a House seat in reapportionment after the 2020 census.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
As top hands they had taken the pick of the remuda, the fleetest runners, the gentlest night horses, the best-reined cutting horses; but now in the reapportionment they found themselves reduced to "skates and bronks."
From Bat Wing Bowles by Dane Coolidge
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