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apportioning

NOUN

delegation

Synonyms

STRONG

appointment authorization charge commissioning committal consignment conveyance conveying deputation devolution installation investiture mandate nomination ordination reference relegation transference trust

WEAK

consigning deputization deputizing entrustment giving over referring sending away submittal submitting transferal transferring

Antonyms

WEAK

keeping

NOUN

distribution

Synonyms

STRONGEST

circulation delivery disposal dissemination handling marketing sharing trading transport transportation

STRONG

administration allotment apportionment assessment assigning dealing diffusion dispensation dispersal division dole mailing partition partitioning propagation rationing scattering spreading

WEAK

alloting circulating disposing dissipating handing out prorating

Antonyms

STRONGEST

hold keeping retention

STRONG

juncture unity

WEAK

collection gathering hoard hoarding maintenance store

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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

The upcoming negotiations will also involve questions about how the current system of managing dams and apportioning water can be revamped to adapt to climate change.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2023

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

He has "no interest" in apportioning blame for his wife's death, he said.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2022

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

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

apportioning

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