apportioned
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There are numerous reasons behind the club's poor form this season and blame can be apportioned across a variety of departments and to the very top of the club.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
The state was apportioned a bare 300,000 acre-feet a year in 1928, when Las Vegas was merely a dusty outpost miles from the Hoover Dam construction site.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
“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
So many opportunities in this country are apportioned in this arbitrary and miserly way, distributed to those who already have the benefit of a privileged legacy.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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