apportioning

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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

Former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and others have suggested it’s time to revamp the 1922 Colorado River Compact, which divided the water among the seven states, to include measures for apportioning reductions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2023

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

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