apportioned

past tense of apportion

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Recent Examples of apportioned So LeBron’s salary would realistically be apportioned to other states. Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026 That translates to 42,320 individual allocations to be made across pre-finals games alone, with the $100million of that $355m CBP pot apportioned to qualifying participation working out at $2,362 per player, per match. Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 July 2026 Females, minors &c are excluded from the polls, but are included in the enumeration of persons on whom representation is apportioned. Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026 The judge recommended specific amounts for two of the firm’s partners to pay — up to $58,000 by Andrew Bramhall and Brian Cannon — and said the shares apportioned to the other two partners, Margaret Shyr and Victoria Maroulis, would be determined later. Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 27 May 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 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
  • Instead, an equipment staffer lugged a bag of balls into a side training room and was allotted an hour to massage the footballs to the preferred specifications.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • The press corps aren’t allotted much space in the White House.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • Moreover, the long incubation period for infection means that the crop responsible would have been distributed weeks ago.
    Annika Kim Constantino,Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 24 July 2026
  • The codes for all containers worldwide are distributed by the Bureau International des Containers (BIC).
    Alexander Klose, Scientific American, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • The government allocated $10 million to develop the site into a tourist attraction.
    Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • The increase is consequential because the brands studied allocated more than 63 percent of their advertising budgets to search and social.
    Sharon Edelson, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • Most drugs are not dispensed through compounding pharmacies at all but are instead approved by the FDA and manufactured by drug companies under strict FDA supervision.
    Alana Semuels, Time, 23 July 2026
  • Many are not eligible to be dispensed by compounding pharmacies, and experts warn that rising demand is fueling an unregulated online market that could be dangerous.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • He was assigned to Tan Son Nhut Air Base near Saigon, a focal point for the military’s buildup in South Vietnam.
    Nicole Borman, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
  • The Fed chairman has assigned task forces to review different topics including the central bank’s approach to inflation.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • Overall, the picture by market remained sharply divided in June.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
  • Committee term limits have divided congressional Democrats, and attempts to impose them have come up short in previous years.
    Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 20 July 2026
Verb
  • The new buildings also provided cheaper housing options for Caracas workers who couldn’t afford to live in the city.
    Syra Ortiz-Blanes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
  • Tehran has provided the group with sea mines, ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, or drones), according to a 2021 report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
    Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • For testosterone to be effective, an adequate and correct dose of the hormone needs to be administered.
    Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 29 July 2026
  • The examination was canceled and administered again after questions leaked, forcing candidates to sit it a second time.
    Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

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“Apportioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apportioned. Accessed 31 Jul. 2026.

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