apportioned

Definition of apportionednext
past tense of apportion

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of apportioned While no one is necessarily in the wrong here, a conflict of interest between fans and the club is a troubling symptom of an unhealthy organisation, and there is blame to be apportioned to the decision-makers whose mistakes have led Spurs to this juncture. Dan Kilpatrick, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026 Packed with plenty of tech, the standard Honda 9-inch infotainment system is utilized in our Civic Hatchback Hybrid Sport Touring and was easy to use as the color display was simple and nicely apportioned for all age ranges. Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 11 Sep. 2025 Interest is not eligible for the section 954(c)(6) exception to the extent the deduction for the interest payment is allocated and apportioned under section 882(c) and reg. Carrie Brandon Elliot, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 If the seats were apportioned by vote, instead of by gerrymandered districts, the California delegation would be 32 Democrats and 20 Republicans. U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025 Removing undocumented immigrants from the census’s population count would likely impact the number of House seats apportioned to multiple states—including both Texas and California. Solcyré Burga, Time, 7 Aug. 2025 But how blue and red teams might be apportioned for AI—and what motivates the players in this whole exercise to ultimately act toward, ideally, furthering the public good—is unclear. IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apportioned
Verb
  • Taylor Frankie Paul has filed a counter temporary restraining order against ex Dakota Mortensen — both of whom have accused each other of recent domestic violence — as a judge issued a temporary custody arrangement dictating how much time she’s allotted with their toddler son.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Each astronaut has two nonwater beverages allotted to them per day, according to NASA.
    Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Swalwell’s campaign spokesperson, Micah Beasley, went farther in a statement distributed to reporters earlier Tuesday.
    Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026
  • That money is distributed by the MLB Players Association.
    PJ Green April 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In the past decade, $15,745 of the county’s funds have been allocated to Billings Road work including inspections, weed eating and mowing the surrounding grass.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Congress allocated money for it, but billions of dollars were delayed due to the shutdown.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Ernesto was an activist who dispensed food and medicine in Salvadoran refugee camps.
    Menika Dirkson, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The need for the list took on new urgency in 2012, when more than 60 people died from fungal meningitis infections contracted from a drug produced at a compounding facility and dispensed to hundreds of people.
    Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The last people to leave were eleven marines who had been assigned to protect the Embassy.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Even so, the San Diego federal court remained a popular venue for such cases, in part on the chance that it would be randomly assigned to Benitez.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In Budapest ahead of the vote, people were divided on whether Orbán’s long political rule could really come to an end.
    Alexander Smith, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Dining on one popular cruise ship is getting a comfort-food shakeup — and passengers are divided over the change.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Authorities still have not provided the results of the chemical test taken after the arrest.
    Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Fort Worth’s workers’ compensation program is administered by Sedgwick, which manages claims and approves medical care.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Other deputies administered Narcan, an over-the-counter nasal spray or injection that rapidly reverses opioid overdoses, on the sick deputy.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2026

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“Apportioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apportioned. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.

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