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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

"This is new territory," Cortinas said, adding the role of Entso-e was "not to apportion blame to any party" over the cause.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025

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

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

On Tuesday, the Senate approved a $1 trillion infrastructure package in a 69-30 vote that apportions billions of dollars for building new transmission lines, public transit and electric-car charging stations.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2021

Valladares calculates his savings might last six months, if he walks everywhere instead of spending three dollars on bus fare and buys frozen chicken drumsticks in bulk and apportions them out weekly.

From Reuters ● Oct. 13, 2020

Where "Doctor Who" apportions crumbs on the way to finally making sense of an episode or an arc, "Class" drops them all at once on the table and tries to mash them into a loaf.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2017

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

Any judgments received could be apportioned among consumers, with their respective share of damages added to their annual tax bill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 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

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

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

She said it was not about "apportioning blame or fuelling anger, but about establishing the truth".

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 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

“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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