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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
Each year, Congress apportions funds to individual institutes within NIH based on what lawmakers deem most critical to the public.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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L'oreal Thompson Payton,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2024
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.
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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.
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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.
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L'oreal Thompson Payton,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apportions
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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.
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Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide.
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If the corporation distributes some of its after-tax profits as dividends, shareholders may also pay tax on those dividends, which are generally reported on Schedule B of Form 1040.
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Crisis and renewal are strictly a matter of marketing now, a fiction that permanently assigns the Democrats the role of technocrats managing national decline while Republicans get to stand for muscular optimism and economic expansion.
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An organization that hires for potential and then assigns only narrow, low-risk work has not given potential a chance to prove itself.
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The foundation dispenses $350,000 to $500,000 a year, according to the family's attorney, Stephanie Johnson O’Day.
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According to a news release, Sibley entered into a collaborative agreement with pharmacist Josh Harrison at The Compounding Lab, which dispenses drugs for people and animals.
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For example, the bill creates incentives to accelerate housing supply development, revitalize vacant commercial properties into residences, and even allocates funds towards innovations that further create more housing supply.
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According to experts, a balanced portfolio usually allocates between 0% and 15% in precious metals, with most of this allocation being in gold.
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What divides them is the type of finance work being transformed.
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Defections across the land border that divides the peninsula are relatively rare, as the area is densely forested, ridden with landmines and monitored by soldiers on both sides.
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Lachlan Murdoch led Fox’s purchase of Tubi, which provides free TV channels and movies for smart televisions, keeping Fox in the streaming game.
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The new looks provides up to 12 combinations for game day gear — with gold or white tops, and options for gold, white or black pants, along with gold or white helmets.
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“Apportions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apportions. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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