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
Examples of apportionment in a Sentence
the apportionment of the estate will happen this Friday
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Congressional Republicans have introduced legislation to exclude noncitizens from the apportionment process.
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Mike Schneider, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
And that became a critical point of failure for law enforcement chiefs looking to make the early apportionment of blame.
—Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
But the idea, which specifically ruled out using data for apportionment and required the count to be taken in years ending in five, never got funded.
—Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 24 Aug. 2025
That practice stopped when the agency received a two-month apportionment through the end of the fiscal year, according to CDC employees, but some grants were delivered late while others remained blocked with little to no communication from administration officials.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025
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Mike Schneider, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
And that became a critical point of failure for law enforcement chiefs looking to make the early apportionment of blame.
—Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
But the idea, which specifically ruled out using data for apportionment and required the count to be taken in years ending in five, never got funded.
—Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 24 Aug. 2025
That practice stopped when the agency received a two-month apportionment through the end of the fiscal year, according to CDC employees, but some grants were delivered late while others remained blocked with little to no communication from administration officials.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Apportionment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apportionment. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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