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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

An FAI is a public examination of the circumstances of a death in the public interest before a sheriff, which does not apportion blame or fault.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2025

The annual assessment, called the point-in-time count, is used to apportion federal dollars and provides a long-term measure of the state of homelessness in America.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 27, 2025

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

This includes Barclays, which apportions 33% of the capital markets financing to the bank and the rest to investors.

From Reuters Mar. 24, 2023

The Colorado River Compact, signed a century ago last fall, only apportions water between two basins, the Upper Basin and the Lower Basin.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 27, 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

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

That’s a little more than the entire volume apportioned to Arizona under the plan.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 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

The blame apportioned to these protests does not sit right with many, even some sections of the Jewish community.

From BBC Dec. 21, 2025

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

It was a big meal for France but it seemed very carefully apportioned after Spain.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

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

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

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

“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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