apportion
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Many British expats in the village of Bedar have criticised the lack of a mobile phone alert - but Malcolm did not want to apportion blame.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
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
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
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
Yardbird apportions some dishes as if a crowd is eating.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 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
“Grand homes were simply apportioned room by room to different families,” said Arcos of the Institute for Cuban Studies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 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
"And very odd, frankly, from a GP who should be looking after patients in a very reasonable, apportioned way."
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2025
How responsibility should be apportioned between Girardi and Kamon has been contested since Girardi’s downfall four years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
So many opportunities in this country are apportioned in this arbitrary and miserly way, distributed to those who already have the benefit of a privileged legacy.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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
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
“There is no point apportioning blame,” said Snape smoothly.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing apportion
The Legislative Branch, Sections 1–3
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In the Shadow of Liberty
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