1
as in to allot
to give as a share or portion
apportioned the profits according to years of service with the company
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2
as in to distribute
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals
apportioned the grant money to the winners of the competition
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Recent Examples of apportion
Emery apportioned the blame for Brighton’s goal on defenders being too deep and consequently not catching attackers offside.
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Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Kansas law allows the state to apportion sports betting revenue as an incentive for teams to relocate.
—Matt Rybaltowski, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Expressing concern with the bloodshed, then U.S. Senator Joe Biden recommended splitting the country along three neat lines, apportioning one chunk for Shiites, one for Sunni Arabs, and one for Kurds.
—Renad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 20 Mar. 2023
The two groups of states have presented starkly different proposals, disagreeing on how triggers for mandatory cutbacks should be determined, and how the reductions should be apportioned.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Kansas law allows the state to apportion sports betting revenue as an incentive for teams to relocate.
—Matt Rybaltowski, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Expressing concern with the bloodshed, then U.S. Senator Joe Biden recommended splitting the country along three neat lines, apportioning one chunk for Shiites, one for Sunni Arabs, and one for Kurds.
—Renad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 20 Mar. 2023
The two groups of states have presented starkly different proposals, disagreeing on how triggers for mandatory cutbacks should be determined, and how the reductions should be apportioned.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apportion
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An eye poke late in the third round paused the contest for the full five minutes Cejudo was allotted to recover from the foul.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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The exceptions were Kentucky and Vermont, which received around 3 percent of the seats in the House, and Maine, which had about 4 percent of the total after Congress allotted the new state seven of Massachusetts's previous 20 seats.—
Geoffrey Skelley,
ABC News,
26 Feb. 2025
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Jordy’s job for the last few years hasn’t just been about collecting and distributing money.—
John Wenzel,
The Denver Post,
10 Mar. 2025
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The office, which operates under the Texas Workforce Commission, distributes financial child care assistance to eligible families and provides resources to child care providers that are part of Texas Rising Star, a quality rating and improvement program.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Mar. 2025
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In contrast, there were about 80,000 US troops assigned or deployed to bases in NATO countries as of June 2024, a July 2024 report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) says.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN,
7 Mar. 2025
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McNulty was part of the agency's elite Public Health Associate Program, assigned to the Iowa Cancer Consortium, a small group working on statewide efforts to combat what is the country's second-highest cancer rate.—
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
7 Mar. 2025
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This way, organizations can dispense with the blame game altogether.—
Liz Kislik,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Four hour-long episodes turn out to be an awfully long way to go for the suggestion that the truth can be murky — especially when the next four go ahead and dispense with that ambiguity entirely.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Mar. 2025
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Several nonprofits have lost millions in government contracts allocated to assist new arrivals.—
Tazreena Sajjad,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2025
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Assigning 70% weight to sales contribution while allocating the remaining 30% equally to sales velocity and profitability is a deliberate choice that challenges the default focus on revenue alone.—
Aziz Jafri,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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One Mom Has Had Enough When one Texas mom took to TikTok to share her daughter's heartbreak over being bullied for having a knockoff Stanley cup, the response was divided.—
Sherri Gordon,
Parents,
14 Mar. 2025
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The garden is divided into several enticing categories, from geographical designations to thematic gardens.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
14 Mar. 2025
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Bernstein and von Karajan's debates about their artistic methods and philosophies are underscored by musical segments, enhancing emotional depth and providing poetic resonance to their conversations.—
Court Stroud,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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For young staffers, the magazines were life-making, paternalistic institutions, providing support both in and out of the office.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2025
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This poll was administered among a random sample of 5,876 adults with a margin of sampling error of +/- 2 percentage points.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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Rubio said that the remaining 1,000 or so contracts would be administered by the State Department, which absorbed the U.S. Agency for international Development (USAID) last month.—
Melody Schreiber,
NPR,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Apportion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apportion. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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