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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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
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.
—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
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
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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
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The company also consults on zero-waste practices for sets such as recyclable craft services items, and helps divert leftover craft services meals to Every Day Action, which distributes food to organizations in need.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
22 Apr. 2026
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Fremantle distributes the series worldwide.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
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The company assigns a third-party installer to your project.—
Dan Simms,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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When a customer completes an order online with a participating retailer, SameDay Local automatically matches them to the appropriate vehicle and driver, assigns the route and provides them live near-real-time tracking updates from pickup to delivery.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
31 Mar. 2026
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Black folks have seen the face of the US’s prerogative state—the side of the government that dispenses arbitrary jurisprudence, discriminatory law enforcement, and violence against those who challenge its authority and dominant ideologies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Mar. 2026
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First seen at a night-club table of menacing lowlifes, Ida, whose mother tongue is Brooklynese, suddenly switches to a heavy British accent and dispenses a torrent of highly literary sarcasms.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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Then, using a scoring system the county selects projects and allocates funds.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
15 Apr. 2026
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The auction allocates securities based on the bids submitted, with primary dealers often purchasing a significant share and then distributing those securities in the secondary market.—
Colin Dodds,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
11 Apr. 2026
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Season 3 President Reagan and Soviet Premier Andropov sign lunar peace treaty which essentially divides the Moon between them.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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Beverage director Jax Donahue divides the cocktail menu between classics and two rotating destinations (recently from San Francisco to Mexico City).—
Chris Malloy,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Apr. 2026
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Hameed provides the voice and remote puppetry, while Shah inhabits the bear costume onstage.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation offers a Free Snack Program that provides nutritious meals for youths — newborns to 18-year-olds — at its public parks.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Apportions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apportions. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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