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
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  • 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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  • And the best part is that the motorcycle distributes its mass so broadly that its ground pressure matches a soldier on foot.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
  • One company positioned to benefit is American Electric Power (AEP), a major public utility holding company headquartered in Ohio that, according to its website, distributes electricity to more than five million customers across 11 states.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of distributes
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  • As each character assigns the snow’s meaning according to their needs, the village begins to fracture.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 Aug. 2026
  • My Place Hotels typically assigns pet-friendly rooms near exits and provides pet waste stations on the property.
    — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of assigns
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  • That unit dispenses prescriptions in CVS' more than 9,000 retail pharmacies and provides other services, such as vaccinations and diagnostic testing.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The foundation dispenses $350,000 to $500,000 a year, according to the family's attorney, Stephanie Johnson O’Day.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 28 June 2026
Definition of dispenses
Verb
  • That distinction can influence how a growing business hires, allocates resources, and plans for future growth.
    — Jason Phillips, Ascend Agency, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The program allocates $135 million to provide incentives, with participating automakers matching the funds.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of allocates
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  • The Hamas official also said the group’s leader demanded that Israel halt its attacks on Gaza and withdraw to the Yellow Line, which divides the territory into Israeli military and Palestinian sections, before beginning implementation.
    — Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The 50/30/20 rule is a budgeting framework that divides your take-home pay into three categories.
    — Javier Simon, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of divides
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  • Instead, the watermarking provides statistical evidence that suggests whether AI was involved.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • After a few rounds of showers and storms, high pressure builds in and provides a pair of quieter days.
    — Rachael Jay, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
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