apportion blame
idiom
formal
: to say who should be blamed
Any attempt to apportion blame so many years after the incident is pointless.
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Democrats have engaged in soul-searching and finger-pointing within the party as members look to apportion blame for the defeat.
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Ivana Saric, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
Those blameworthy influencers, in turn, must identify their respective influences and apportion blame among them.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
Jurors were asked to apportion blame for the accident in their verdict.
—Malathi Nayak, Anchorage Daily News, 19 July 2022
Moscow didn’t apportion blame.
—Adam Schreck and Vasilisa Stepanenko, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Oct. 2022
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Ivana Saric, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
Those blameworthy influencers, in turn, must identify their respective influences and apportion blame among them.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
Jurors were asked to apportion blame for the accident in their verdict.
—Malathi Nayak, Anchorage Daily News, 19 July 2022
Moscow didn’t apportion blame.
—Adam Schreck and Vasilisa Stepanenko, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Oct. 2022
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“Apportion blame.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apportion%20blame. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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