apportions

verb

present tense third-person singular of apportion
1
as in allots
to give as a share or portion apportioned the profits according to years of service with the company

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2
as in distributes
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals apportioned the grant money to the winners of the competition

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Recent Examples of apportions Each year, Congress apportions funds to individual institutes within NIH based on what lawmakers deem most critical to the public. — Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 27 June 2026 By Danielle Allen Fifty dollars for STEM, five cents for citizenship—that’s how America apportions its education dollars. — Bhumika Tharoor, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025 The fires underscore this failure, but no policy that apportions the state’s supply among those claimants could have saved the communities destroyed by fire over the last week. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025 Nebraska is heavily Republican overall but is one of two states — the other is Maine — that apportions its Electoral College votes by congressional district. — L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apportions
  1. allots
  2. distributes
  3. assigns
  4. dispenses
  5. allocates
  6. divides
  7. provides
Verb
  • Hinson said the bill’s reductions to Medicaid spending for Iowa will be offset by the Rural Health Transformation Program, which allots $50 billion divided among all 50 states over the next five years.
    — Gabrielle M. Etzel, The Washington Examiner, 8 Oct. 2026
  • When a team allots minutes to so many young players simultaneously, lapses in concentration and on-court mistakes are bound to happen.
    — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Definition of allots
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  • The royal couple remain married and a regal drama that includes many characters still alive has echoes of The Crown as well as Dutch series Máxima, which Beta also distributes.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones These over-ear headphones have soft ear cushions that don’t press on your ears and a band that distributes pressure across your head for all-day comfort.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of distributes
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  • Each chapter of the BBWAA assigns two writers to vote on Rookie of the Year Awards for each league, and voting takes place before the postseason.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • An officer within the Upland Borough Police Department assigns other officers to work overtime shifts, paid out by these groups.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of assigns
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  • But what happens when a chatbot dispenses advice on more sensitive topics typically reserved for experts, such as human health?
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • As for application, the product dispenses from a cooling metal tip—yet another benefit for depuffing—and just a few dots do the trick.
    — Olivia Cigliano, InStyle, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of dispenses
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  • Second, the demand backdrop remains robust, supporting another quarter of sequentially higher prices, contribution margins and strategic choice regarding the customers to which CoreWeave allocates capacity.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Each party allocates its seats to members based on a list of candidates published before elections.
    — Hannah Ridge, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of allocates
Verb
  • From there, they’re eased gently into a bagel machine that divides the dough into rings.
    — HubSpot, HubSpot, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The collapse of institutional rivalry The separation of powers divides authority among the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government to prevent too much power from becoming concentrated in any one place.
    — Stephanie A, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of divides
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  • But with Ameen on violin, this dynamic is inverted, and the intermingling of their strings on the recording provides a unique tonal color.
    — Levi Dayan, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The model provides a baseline for understanding what a planet’s atmosphere might look like without life.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
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“Apportions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apportions. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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