as in distribution
the act or process of giving out something to each member of a group
the apportionment of the estate will happen this Friday
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Recent Examples of apportionment
In response, a bipartisan coalition emerged to fight back against these anti-alien apportionment bills.
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Made By History, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
Under the apportionment process, agencies are given limited authority to spend funding allocated by Congress in installments.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 12 May 2025
The text was pretty simple: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
The judge also said voters have legal standing to sue to have their votes be counted and given equal weight, like when a voter in a district that has a disproportionately large population has standing to challenge the apportionment.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
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Made By History, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
Under the apportionment process, agencies are given limited authority to spend funding allocated by Congress in installments.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 12 May 2025
The text was pretty simple: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
The judge also said voters have legal standing to sue to have their votes be counted and given equal weight, like when a voter in a district that has a disproportionately large population has standing to challenge the apportionment.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apportionment
distribution
Noun
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From there, the newspaper will travel to Michigan by truck for regular distribution.—
MICHIGAN BUSINESS,
Freep.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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In 2020, Universal closed a five-year exclusive deal with Lego for the development, production and theatrical distribution of films, a move that’s been highly lucrative with films made so far grossing more than $1 billion worldwide.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Apportionment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apportionment. Accessed 14 Aug. 2025.
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