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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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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
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.
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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
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
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The follow‑the‑sun model distributes support across time zones and passes work between regions as the day progresses.—
Mukul Garg,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Sony Pictures Television produces and distributes the 10-episode series globally.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
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The content team, led by Katie Brown, a former lifestyle television host and home goods expert, gives each podcast a title, creates an outline of the podcast, with the content filled out by AI, and assigns it one of the personalities as a host.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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Resistant to seeking full-time employment that would exhaust his writing time, Paul instead signs up to a website that assigns one-off menial jobs — yard work, rubble removal, flatpack furniture assembly — to the freelancer willing to work for the lowest possible rate.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
29 Aug. 2025
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But here, your character dispenses all that great wisdom about how to succeed in Vegas, but the character has evolved into also being a dangerous man who orders broken bones and killings of those who cross him.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
11 Sep. 2025
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The bestselling floral-gourmand Detour has arrived in a magnetic, refillable bullet, which dispenses a soft balm with notes of vanilla, plum, and amber.—
Dan Michel,
Robb Report,
7 Aug. 2025
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Each team allocates its funds across hardware, subscriptions or specialized tools that best support its work.—
Kathleen Hurley,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The program allocates tax credits to each state on the basis of their population.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The jet stream divides the country in two, bringing wetter weather to the Pacific Northwest and Ohio Valley.—
Alix Martichoux,
The Hill,
12 Sep. 2025
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The 45-year-old Shears now divides his time between London and New Orleans, is a founding member of the pop and glam rock band Scissor Sisters.—
Adam Bell,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Sep. 2025
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The ectoin in the formula provides antioxidant protection, while glycerin and niacinamide make your skin texture springy and your moisture barrier strong.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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The uncertainty was compounded by the lack of a recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which provides guidance on vaccine use to the CDC.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Apportions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apportions. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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