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Recent Examples of prorate Early termination fees apply for a maximum of $480, prorated at $20 per month over the 24-month term. Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 The statutory thresholds, however, are not reduced or prorated for the dual-status taxpayer. Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024 Payrolls are based on 2023 salaries, earned bonuses and escalators, option buyouts and prorated shares of signing bonuses for 40-man rosters, and cash transactions in trades are factored in the calculations. Ronald Blum, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2024 For fiscal 2025, his total equity-award target opportunity will be prorated at $6.7 million, which includes an additional grant with value of $3.2 million. Kathryn Hopkins, WWD, 1 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for prorate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prorate
Verb
  • Visibility is needed early in product design and over time to expose the environmental impacts based on where a part is manufactured, stored, distributed and more.
    Steve Flagg, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The office, which operates under the Texas Workforce Commission, distributes financial child care assistance to eligible families and provides resources to child care providers that are part of Texas Rising Star, a quality rating and improvement program.
    Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The oversized vending machine near the tournament entrance and at the store dispense the signature headband, branded by Lululemon, of course.
    Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The lawsuit asks the court to outlaw the medication for anyone under 18, reinstate the in-person appointment requirement, mandate that only doctors can prescribe the pills and limit the ability of retail pharmacies, like CVS and Walgreens, to dispense the medication.
    Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Apart from gaming, the group is also deepening its investment in the energy sector, allocating $1.3 billion in a floating liquified natural gas project in Indonesia.
    Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • In three years, the U.S. Congress has allocated more than $175 billion in security and development assistance to Kyiv, according to the Congressional Research Service.
    Brian Bennett, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • For decades afterward and until the advent of internet telephony, Druze families divided by the armistice lines who wanted to communicate with one another did so via megaphone in an area that came to be known as Shouting Hill.
    Uriel Heilman, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Primary care has long been associated with the image of a busy doctor, divided between patients and the administrative grind.
    Stephen Wunker, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The upper stage ended up exploding over the Atlantic Ocean, providing a dramatic sky show for people in the Turks and Caicos Islands and nearby areas.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The Context Russia's invasion of Ukraine last week entered its fourth year, with the U.S. previously providing billions in military and humanitarian support.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Then, on Monday, Feb. 24, he was administered a feeding peg out of his nose and into his stomach.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
  • For example, willow bark was administered for pain relief; and willow bark contains acetylsalicylic acid – aspirin.
    GrrlScientist, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Here's an example: An AI assistant coach might analyze an employee group session and assign each employee a daily task that fosters long-term improvement.
    Kevin Korte, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The quartet assigned to the SpaceX Crew-10 mission arrived to KSC having flown into the former space shuttle landing facility Thursday afternoon.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Yet during his first term, Trump tried to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census with an eye on apportioning by only the citizen population.
    Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Such an agreement would cover scenarios like payment defaults, apportioning profits if the house is sold and what happens if the couple separates.
    Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025

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“Prorate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prorate. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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