- present participle of apportion.
apportioning
Example Sentences
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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
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
The Interior Department on Thursday initiated the process of developing new long-term rules for operating reservoirs and apportioning water cuts during shortages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
She said the apology was "for blaming my husband, apportioning 50% blame to himself for causing his own death and for a very poor investigation that in fact seemed to favour the driver".
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2022
When it came to apportioning work on an aptitude basis, the smaller girls were assigned to dust the legs and lower shelves of furniture; the older girls to dust table tops and upper shelves.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
