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
On the other side are Republican negotiators, who say the president has certain powers of flexibility in deciding where to apportion federal funds.
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Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 28 Feb. 2025
While blame is apportioned out — in the courts or elsewhere — fashion is still working out what comes next.
—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
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Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 28 Feb. 2025
While blame is apportioned out — in the courts or elsewhere — fashion is still working out what comes next.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apportion
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For a three-year period, through the next fiscal year, California has been allotted funding worth more than $18.2 million, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
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Differing budget plans passed by the state House and Senate this year both would start allotting sports betting tax revenue to the athletic programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University.—
David A. Lieb,
Twin Cities,
17 June 2025
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Additional support in Smart Wing Tec distributes breast weight evenly, reducing pressure points.—
Yola Robert,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Instead, the only surviving claim in this case concerns Meta's controversial torrenting of books to train Llama, which authors have so far successfully alleged may have violated copyright laws by distributing their works as part of the torrenting process.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
26 June 2025
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The Mountain West Conference hired Willkie Farr & Gallagher to lead the investigation, and Heaphy was assigned to lead it.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2025
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Two years ago, he was promoted to sergeant and assigned to the West LA division.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
24 June 2025
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Gi-hun’s Kill Count Plenty of players are content to dispense with societal decorum and start fully murdering each other in the Games — but not Gi-hun.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
18 June 2025
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Now, Israel may be happy to dispense with its Patriots without acknowledgment.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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Billions for border security Both the Senate and the House bills allocate $46.5 billion toward completing Trump's border wall.—
Elena Moore,
NPR,
28 June 2025
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For border security and immigration enforcement, the package allocates $350 billion, including $46 billion for the U.S.-Mexico border wall and $45 billion for 100,000 migrant detention facility beds.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 June 2025
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Certainly this is true of telecommunications companies, as well as those providing utilities such as water and electricity.—
Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2025
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The federal law, known as EMTALA, requires that emergency rooms provide care to anyone who arrives at that door, regardless of their ability to pay or any other extenuating circumstances.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
19 June 2025
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The brand’s production is divided between Paris and Istanbul, the latter being a city with family ties for India.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
30 June 2025
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The Oval Office’s ‘One, Big, Beautiful Bill’ has divided opinion, after estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) found the policies would cost the poorest Americans roughly $1,600 a year while increasing the income of the wealthiest households by an average of $12,000 annually.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
29 June 2025
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Officers administered Narcan and attempted CPR, but she was declared dead a few minutes later.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
26 June 2025
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In about half a dozen large states where county governments administer federal safety net programs, the costs of training caseworkers on the new verification protocols could trickle from states to counties.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
26 June 2025
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“Apportion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apportion. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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