apportionment
noun
ap·por·tion·ment
ə-ˈpȯr-shən-mənt 
: an act or result of apportioning
especially
: the apportioning of representatives or taxes among the states according to U.S. law
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Examples of apportionment in a Sentence
the apportionment of the estate will happen this Friday
Recent Examples on the Web
Another wanted an amendment to exclude undocumented immigrants from the apportionment of electoral votes and members of the House.
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Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
Trump’s July order on apportionment was challenged in more than a half dozen lawsuits around the U.S., but the Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that any challenge was premature, allowing the plan to move forward.
—Matthew Daly, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2024
Conservatives strengthened their majority in the state Supreme Court and are hoping to hold on to those apportionment advantages.
—Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2023
They can’t be used to change how many congressional seats each state was allotted during the apportionment process, nor for the data used for redrawing political districts.
—Mike Schneider, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2024
Because of a 1960s Supreme Court ruling, the apportionment of state Senate seats is based on population, not geography.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
Nevada will have to slash 21,000 acre-feet of its Colorado River water supply in 2024, or 7% of the state's yearly apportionment, according to the Bureau of Reclamation.
—Teddy Grant, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2023
This apportionment of blame is the first step in backpropagation.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
Those are rough estimations working off the 2020 population figures from the last apportionment.
—Dante Chinni, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2023
Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
Trump’s July order on apportionment was challenged in more than a half dozen lawsuits around the U.S., but the Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that any challenge was premature, allowing the plan to move forward.
—Matthew Daly, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2024
Conservatives strengthened their majority in the state Supreme Court and are hoping to hold on to those apportionment advantages.
—Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2023
They can’t be used to change how many congressional seats each state was allotted during the apportionment process, nor for the data used for redrawing political districts.
—Mike Schneider, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2024
Because of a 1960s Supreme Court ruling, the apportionment of state Senate seats is based on population, not geography.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
Nevada will have to slash 21,000 acre-feet of its Colorado River water supply in 2024, or 7% of the state's yearly apportionment, according to the Bureau of Reclamation.
—Teddy Grant, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2023
This apportionment of blame is the first step in backpropagation.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
Those are rough estimations working off the 2020 population figures from the last apportionment.
—Dante Chinni, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2023
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“Apportionment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apportionment. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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