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apportion

[uh-pawr-shuhn, uh-pohr-] / əˈpɔr ʃən, əˈpoʊr- /


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She taught them about the matching system and how to apportion their savings to get the most out of it.

From MarketWatch May 14, 2026

But it’s hard if not impossible to prove that social media caused any given individual’s troubles, let alone apportion liability among the platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 25, 2026

Lord Adebowale is not naming the NHS service involved in her care, saying he does not want to apportion individual blame, as his mother's experience was symbolic of a wider problem.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2025

The annual assessment, called the point-in-time count, is used to apportion federal dollars and provides a long-term measure of the state of homelessness in America.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 27, 2025

Rationales for still other ways to apportion the money are possible.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

In Washington, a bipartisan commission apportions the congressional and legislative districts.

From Seattle Times Aug. 20, 2023

This includes Barclays, which apportions 33% of the capital markets financing to the bank and the rest to investors.

From Reuters Mar. 24, 2023

The Colorado River Compact, signed a century ago last fall, only apportions water between two basins, the Upper Basin and the Lower Basin.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 27, 2023

There’s a lot more to “White Noise” than even that, illuminated in the revealing monologues Parks apportions to her four characters, all excellently embodied on the Milton Theatre stage in Studio’s recently renovated complex.

From Washington Post Jan. 28, 2022

Mqhayi then began to recite his well-known poem in which he apportions the stars in the heavens to the various nations of the world.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

“Grand homes were simply apportioned room by room to different families,” said Arcos of the Institute for Cuban Studies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Because of that distrust, the founders carefully apportioned responsibility over the “militia” — today’s National Guard — between the federal government and the states.

From Salon Nov. 17, 2025

A chunk of blame is being apportioned to the chancellor's fiscal rules – and to the chancellor herself.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2025

The two sides disagree on how triggers for mandatory cutbacks should be determined, and how the reductions should be apportioned between the lower basin and the upper basin.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 8, 2024

Of this preparation a tolerably abundant plateful was apportioned to each pupil.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

He shows her ideas taking shape at desks where classifications opened or foreclosed futures, within organizations charged with apportioning the remnants of an inheritance among the living.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

The White House says it intends to replace the current system, a random lottery apportioning available H-1B slots among all applicants, with one favoring applications to fill the highest-paid slots.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 24, 2025

Without apportioning blame, the head of the U.N.’s atomic watchdog agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, warned of the safety risks of such attacks.

From Seattle Times Apr. 7, 2024

Andrea Simon, director of the group End Violence Against Women, agrees that society needs to move away from apportioning blame on women.

From BBC Jan. 23, 2023

“There is no point apportioning blame,” said Snape smoothly.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling




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