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
While blame is apportioned out — in the courts or elsewhere — fashion is still working out what comes next.
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Evan Clark, Footwear News, 2 Apr. 2025
State health departments were notified Monday that the funds, apportioned during the COVID-19 pandemic, would be terminated immediately, according to The Times.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2025
For some productions, the credits are allocated over two years, while for larger productions they are apportioned across three years.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 21 Jan. 2025
The below-median inflow forecast comes as representatives from the seven states that rely on the Colorado River continue critical negotiations on how the river should be apportioned in the coming decades.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2025
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Evan Clark, Footwear News, 2 Apr. 2025
State health departments were notified Monday that the funds, apportioned during the COVID-19 pandemic, would be terminated immediately, according to The Times.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2025
For some productions, the credits are allocated over two years, while for larger productions they are apportioned across three years.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 21 Jan. 2025
The below-median inflow forecast comes as representatives from the seven states that rely on the Colorado River continue critical negotiations on how the river should be apportioned in the coming decades.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apportion
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The bill also allots an additional $60 million in the next two fiscal years for school districts to expand in-district special education services.—
Kaitlin McCallum,
Hartford Courant,
3 June 2025
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Fried earned the largest chunk of the money that was allotted for Soto, signing an eight-year, $218 million deal as the Yankees boosted their rotation.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2025
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The hammerhead worm, a ground-dwelling flatworm, is lethal to earthworms, which are responsible for distributing oxygen, draining water and creating space for plant roots.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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Today, many are powered by artificial intelligence, fueled by deepfake technology and distributed at scale through Facebook’s own ad system.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2025
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But ultimately, he was reassigned to minor league camp, and assigned to Triple-A to start the season.—
Jon Paul Hoornstra,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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Crews assigned today will continue hitting hotspots.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2025
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Another way was dispensing care at the mobile clinics that P.H.R.I. operated in the occupied territories.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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As part of the REMS program, mifepristone is subject to a few restrictions: People who prescribe the pills must be certified health care providers, and pharmacies must obtain certifications to dispense the medication.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
5 June 2025
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Illinois allocated $75 million in state funding to continue to provide rental assistance to tenants and their landlords for fiscal year 2025.—
Lizzie Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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Under the Republican bill, Medicaid spending will still grow, and Washington would still allocate $7.9 trillion to the program.—
The Editors,
National Review,
5 June 2025
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Model parallelism divides the neural network itself across hardware.—
Jitender Jain,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Fallout from President Trump’s break with Elon Musk is roiling a Republican Party that was already divided over the fate of the president’s landmark legislation.—
Michael Wilner,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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The resulting tiebreak, however, provided the stage for Sabalenka to display impressive tenacity, fighting back from 3-0 to win a genuinely thrilling set that neither player deserved to lose.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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Stankey believed substantially more content would increase viewer engagement, and that would provide more data, in turn enabling monetization through advertising and subscriptions.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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States would face a steeper burden in administering their Medicaid programs and marketplaces, resulting in eligible people losing coverage, said Edwin Park, a research professor at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy's Center for Children and Families.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 June 2025
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The Bureau of Indian Education, which administers federal funding for tribal colleges, and the Department of the Interior, the bureau’s parent agency, declined to answer questions.—
Matt Krupnick,
ProPublica,
3 June 2025
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“Apportion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apportion. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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