apportion
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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
Those on both sides say they are willing to continue trying to reach a deal on how to apportion cutbacks in water use after 2026, when the current rules expire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2024
This is because both citizens and noncitizens are counted in the census and this data is then used to apportion seats.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2024
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
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
The second, federalism, apportions power between two levels of government: national and subnational.
From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021
Yardbird apportions some dishes as if a crowd is eating.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2021
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
They have yet to announce details of how the water cuts will be apportioned between the region’s farms and cities.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026
The blame apportioned to these protests does not sit right with many, even some sections of the Jewish community.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2025
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
It was a big meal for France but it seemed very carefully apportioned after Spain.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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
But as the warming climate intensifies the state’s cycles of flood and drought, its system for apportioning water is under strain.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
In 1948 that apportioning made sense because fission and fusion seemed promising, and no one much saw the need for efficiency.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 5, 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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The Legislative Branch, Sections 1–3
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