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as in destinies
a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand
he had always just assumed that lifelong bachelorhood would be his portion
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as in parts
one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled
equal portions of the students' day are devoted to study, recreation, and sleep
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as in shares
something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group
each camper gets an equal portion of the food
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as in distributes
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals
portioned out the medical supplies equally
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Recent Examples of portions
Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 17 May 2026
Towering campaign images of Bella Hadid draped in Chopard diamonds wrap portions of the driveway, turning the arrival itself into a luxury advertising campaign.
—Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
This ensures all areas of the hedge receive as much sunlight as possible to maintain foliage on lower portions of the planting.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026
Northern portions of the plains, especially along and north of Interstate 70 and Interstate 76, currently have the best chance of seeing heavier rainfall.
—Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 16 May 2026
Large portions of California consist of deserts, mountains, forests, and agricultural regions with little housing development.
—James Ward, USA Today, 15 May 2026
Celera, by contrast, planned to license access to its data and explored patenting portions of the genome itself.
—Zachary Utz, STAT, 15 May 2026
Winds are forecasted to be west to northwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 50 mph, except damaging gusts up to 60 mph in the western portions of the Antelope Valley and relative humidity 10 to 20%.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
Led by Chairman Brendan Carr, the FCC accused ABC’s The View of not complying with the equal-time rule, even though the interview portions of talk shows have historically been exempt from the rule requiring equal time for opposing political candidates.
—Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
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—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 17 May 2026
Towering campaign images of Bella Hadid draped in Chopard diamonds wrap portions of the driveway, turning the arrival itself into a luxury advertising campaign.
—Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
This ensures all areas of the hedge receive as much sunlight as possible to maintain foliage on lower portions of the planting.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026
Northern portions of the plains, especially along and north of Interstate 70 and Interstate 76, currently have the best chance of seeing heavier rainfall.
—Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 16 May 2026
Large portions of California consist of deserts, mountains, forests, and agricultural regions with little housing development.
—James Ward, USA Today, 15 May 2026
Celera, by contrast, planned to license access to its data and explored patenting portions of the genome itself.
—Zachary Utz, STAT, 15 May 2026
Winds are forecasted to be west to northwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 50 mph, except damaging gusts up to 60 mph in the western portions of the Antelope Valley and relative humidity 10 to 20%.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
Led by Chairman Brendan Carr, the FCC accused ABC’s The View of not complying with the equal-time rule, even though the interview portions of talk shows have historically been exempt from the rule requiring equal time for opposing political candidates.
—Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for portions
Noun
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The movies before this one, their destinies were so half-hazard.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
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Cannes is a maker of destinies.—
Norine Raja,
Vanity Fair,
11 May 2026
Noun
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Over time, blood vessels begin leaking, leading to bleeding, blood pressure can drop, blood fails to reach different parts of the body and the kidneys can fail.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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The averages, however, are considerably lower than other parts of the country.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
Noun
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The account accumulated shares through March.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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Our general rule of thumb is that a 10% pullback in a high-quality company like TJX represents an opportunity to nibble on shares.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
15 May 2026
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Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide.—
Hannah Meisel,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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The High-Cost program specifically distributes funding to telecommunications providers in rural and remote areas to not only deploy their services but also keep prices down for local consumers.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
15 May 2026
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Yet this is also a meeting of the world’s two most powerful presidents, so ever present amid the discussions of airplane and soybean purchases will be the fates of two other nations, Iran and Taiwan.—
Vivian Salama,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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And within his own country’s history, particularly, Dhont discovered the fates that met would-be deserters who were caught — brutal sentences often leading to death.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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The worst-case scenario for Rakuten Bank would be to overpay for its securities and card segments, but direct intervention by Mizuho could avert that, Jefferies analysts added.—
Justina Lee,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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The mission was split into two connected segments In the first segment, Earth to L1 region, the spacecraft leaves a 167 km Earth orbit and enters a stable manifold leading toward L1.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
17 May 2026
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Jimmy Fairly’s exaggerated proportions and curved shield shapes feel perfectly aligned with that energy.—
Lauren Fisher,
Footwear News,
16 May 2026
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The artificial intelligence rally has already reached historic proportions and is now passing some famous — or rather, infamous — milestones.—
Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
15 May 2026
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This Oxo dish brush features a handle that dispenses soap at the push of a button.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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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,
6 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Portions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/portions. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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