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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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.
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Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
To some, the IRS’s willingness to let Coca-Cola compute its U.S. tax liability using a permissive apportionment method like the 10-50-50 formula for two decades might sound like a good thing.
—Ryan Finley, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
The jury assigned apportionment of fault as follows: Newell- 63%, Sunbeam- 27%, and Ms. Perez- 10%.
—Sponsored Content, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2025
Trump's second term is set to end before final decisions have to be made on what questions the 2030 census will ask and who ends up getting included in the apportionment counts.
—Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 20 Jan. 2025
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Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
To some, the IRS’s willingness to let Coca-Cola compute its U.S. tax liability using a permissive apportionment method like the 10-50-50 formula for two decades might sound like a good thing.
—Ryan Finley, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
The jury assigned apportionment of fault as follows: Newell- 63%, Sunbeam- 27%, and Ms. Perez- 10%.
—Sponsored Content, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2025
Trump's second term is set to end before final decisions have to be made on what questions the 2030 census will ask and who ends up getting included in the apportionment counts.
—Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apportionment
distribution
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Statistically, higher education correlates with stronger earning potential, so wealth distributions are granted accordingly.—
Jerry R. Sneed,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Velvet Peanut Butter brand, with its decades-long Detroit history, will be produced in Detroit in 2026 with plans for nationwide distribution.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
11 July 2025
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“Apportionment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apportionment. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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