apportionments

noun

plural of apportionment
as in distributions
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 apportionments Even if sufficient water were released from Lake Powell to Lake Mead to cover the Lower Basin’s and Mexico’s apportionments, Lake Mead would continue to decline because of evaporation. — Sarah Porter, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026
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  1. distributions
  2. allocations
Noun
  • The optical assembly designed to record the distributions of iron ions in the corona is outfitted with astrocameras, each of which captures spectra from a different ionic species.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Devices running some configurations of Alpine Linux, and possibly other distributions, are affected by a decade-old vulnerability that allows attackers to log into devices with no password.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of distributions
Noun
  • The total number of seats in New Zealand's Parliament changes due to quirks in how seat allocations are calculated.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The Future Of Leadership As processing costs decline and technology becomes ubiquitous, executive leadership must view AI investments not as mere software acquisitions but as strategic allocations of human capital and process design.
    — Marco Stefanini, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of allocations

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“Apportionments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apportionments. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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