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
He oversaw a landmark reapportionment in the 1980s that helped Latinos enter the state Legislature in numbers never before seen, doing the same for Los Angeles after joining the City Council.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2024
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
After each annual reapportionment of the national wealth he settles upon them the unallotted surplus.”
From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 by Bierce, Ambrose
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