apportioned

verb

past tense of apportion
1
as in allotted
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 distributed
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals apportioned the grant money to the winners of the competition

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Recent Examples of apportioned The state was apportioned a bare 300,000 acre-feet a year in 1928, when Las Vegas was merely a dusty outpost miles from the Hoover Dam construction site. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 The company generally denied the allegations and asserted that any damages should be apportioned among the parties and other potentially responsible parties. — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2026 Whether blame should be apportioned to Darden, private equity, or hedge funds, Red Lobster is still dealing with the repercussions of the deal. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026 Results from over 95% of the polling stations gave United Russia just under 58% of the vote for the 225 seats apportioned by parties, according to commission chair Ella Pamfilova. — ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026 Parties with less than 5% of the vote are excluded from the legislature, with their votes apportioned to the larger parties. — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026 Because the tax was not apportioned among the states as the Constitution required, those provisions were unconstitutional. — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 But state corporation taxes are apportioned based on where customers are located, not on where the company is based, as Isaaks explained in a report published on Tuesday. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026 In its verdict, the jury apportioned 88% of the fault to The University of Kansas Hospital Authority and only 12% to LivaNova, which put LivaNova’s share of the damages at $918,000. — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apportioned
  1. allotted
  2. distributed
  3. allocated
  4. dispensed
  5. assigned
  6. divided
  7. provided
  8. administered
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  • The Pirates, Meyer said, do not spend all the money they are allotted to sign draft picks.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The research and design process for the makeup was allotted 18 months prior to principal photography, so Dunckley had the opportunity to get the execution down to a science.
    — Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 23 Oct. 2026
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  • The combination of large-scale pre-training, distributed post-training and feedback-driven learning after deployment forms the basis of GO-3 Preview.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
  • If accepted, student aid is distributed first to schools to cover tuition and fees, but any leftover money is deposited into bank accounts controlled by the fraudsters.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of distributed
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  • How Israel's elections work Israelis vote for parties rather than directly electing a prime minister, with the Knesset’s 120 seats allocated through proportional representation.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In the previous year, DePaul had allocated $426,000 for the museum, and de Lara managed to fundraise an additional $319,000.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 26 Oct. 2026
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  • The automatic low temperature dish machine dispensed 0 ppm sanitizer.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • As journals rose in popularity, so did the book dispensed in bursts.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
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  • Witt said that following the speech, FBI Director Kash Patel personally assigned the investigation of a list of former agents, including Floris and Benavides, to the FBI's Kansas City field office.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Witt said it was assigned to him through the FBI's chain of command in July, after FBI Director Kash Patel gave the case to the Kansas City field office.
    — Sophia Vlahakis, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of assigned
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  • The race is widely seen as a referendum on Netanyahu's nearly unbroken 17-year rule, which had left Israelis bitterly divided on a host of issues even before the deadliest attack in the country's history.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The race was widely seen as a referendum on Netanyahu’s nearly unbroken 17-year rule, which had left Israelis bitterly divided on a host of issues even before the deadliest attack in the country’s history.
    — Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of divided
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  • Bennett also provided Scott with the full name of the witness.
    — CBS Philadelphia, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The arrangement provided a model for Sanders to expand his business without opening and operating every restaurant himself.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of provided
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  • Narcan was reportedly administered, and paramedics tried to resuscitate her.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Carvajal, a law student who created and administered one of the group chats, was suspended for two years, until May 2028.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
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“Apportioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apportioned. Accessed 31 Oct. 2026.

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