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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

The Entso-e report steered clear of such issues, insisting that its investigation did not aim to apportion blame.

From BBC Mar. 20, 2026

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

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

“Accordingly, any damages arising from such misconduct will be apportioned to Mr. Goodrich and not to the Church.”

From Seattle Times Dec. 3, 2023

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

She said it was not about "apportioning blame or fuelling anger, but about establishing the truth".

From BBC Apr. 20, 2026

The White House says it intends to replace the current system, a random lottery apportioning available H-1B slots among all applicants, with one favoring applications to fill the highest-paid slots.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 24, 2025

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

Ernest drew up a preliminary list of first-year grants covering almost every cyclotron in the country save his own, apportioning $10,000 each for Chicago, Columbia, Harvard, Michigan, and Princeton.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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