How do you use Reapportionment in a sentence? See 9 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like reallocation or allotment, plus the exact meaning.
Reapportionment meaning
- The act of reapportioning; a second or subsequent apportionment.
- Reassignment of representation in a legislature, especially of U.S. House of Representative seats, in accord with changes in the census population determination.
Synonyms of Reapportionment
Using Reapportionment
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of reapportioning; a second or subsequent apportionment. | The act of reapportioning; a second or subsequent apportionment. | Reassignment of representation in a legislature, especially of U.S. House of Representative seats, in accord with changes in the census population determination.
- Useful related words include: reallotment, reallocation, allotment, apportionment.
Context around Reapportionment
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Reapportionment
- In this selection, "reapportionment" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, previous, next, congressional and process stand out and add context to how "reapportionment" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a major reapportionment in the and congress for reapportionment even if. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "reapportionment" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with reapportionment
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Reapportionment has since been effected by statute. (7 words)
Legislators and others filed suit in the 1960s to secure redistricting and reapportionment. (13 words)
Reapportionment made obvious the need for other changes to county structure, leading to the legislature passing the constitutional amendment. (19 words)
That move was widely seen as an attempt to ensure that Mr. Trump would still be able to control the census totals and noncitizen estimates sent to Congress for reapportionment, even if he lost his re-election bid. (38 words)
One recent opinion that generated among court watchers was a June 8 ruling that held violated the Voting Rights Act by not forming a second black-majority district during its previous reapportionment process. (33 words)
The most contentious census count in memory is nearing an end with questions remaining about the accuracy of its numbers and how they will be used in congressional reapportionment. (29 words)
Example sentences (9)
One recent opinion that generated among court watchers was a June 8 ruling that held violated the Voting Rights Act by not forming a second black-majority district during its previous reapportionment process.
Vicious Republican primaries in the 4th district, which became one of the state’s top swing districts after reapportionment, already have 2,856 advance votes.
Even before the virus hit, California was one of 10 states at risk of losing House seats in the next reapportionment.
That move was widely seen as an attempt to ensure that Mr. Trump would still be able to control the census totals and noncitizen estimates sent to Congress for reapportionment, even if he lost his re-election bid.
The most contentious census count in memory is nearing an end with questions remaining about the accuracy of its numbers and how they will be used in congressional reapportionment.
In the upper house of the National Diet, a major reapportionment in the 1990s halved the number of Councillors from Hokkaido per election from four to two.
Legislators and others filed suit in the 1960s to secure redistricting and reapportionment.
Reapportionment has since been effected by statute.
Reapportionment made obvious the need for other changes to county structure, leading to the legislature passing the constitutional amendment.