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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
Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
Mother Nature may have helped with the trimming by sending a freeze to cause many leaves or portions of leaves to decline.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
For Two Wheels Move the Soul, Robber Robber reunited with Benny Yurco, the engineer behind portions of their debut album, Wild Guess.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 3 Apr. 2026
Whereas the Lexus yoke is shaped like a butterfly and Tesla’s yoke was half a rectangle, Mercedes has removed both the upper and lower portions of a traditional round steering wheel and closed off both sides of the grips.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 2 Apr. 2026
And canyon sunflower covers substantial portions of this trail.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Hyoung Chang / The Denver Post The ruling dismissed several portions of the case, including claims against the DPS Board of Education and a former assistant principal.
—Anna Alejo, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
During periods of stronger geomagnetic activity, however, the auroral oval can expand farther south, making sightings possible across portions of the northern United States, particularly in states along the Canadian border and areas with dark, unobstructed skies.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
The outage spanned sections of North County, including Escondido, Encinitas and Carlsbad, as well as portions of SDG&E’s service territory in Orange County.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
Williams’ letter says the property is located in the North Fork New River Archaeological Zone, which contains portions of a historic camp and a burial ground for the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
Mother Nature may have helped with the trimming by sending a freeze to cause many leaves or portions of leaves to decline.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
For Two Wheels Move the Soul, Robber Robber reunited with Benny Yurco, the engineer behind portions of their debut album, Wild Guess.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 3 Apr. 2026
Whereas the Lexus yoke is shaped like a butterfly and Tesla’s yoke was half a rectangle, Mercedes has removed both the upper and lower portions of a traditional round steering wheel and closed off both sides of the grips.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 2 Apr. 2026
And canyon sunflower covers substantial portions of this trail.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Hyoung Chang / The Denver Post The ruling dismissed several portions of the case, including claims against the DPS Board of Education and a former assistant principal.
—Anna Alejo, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
During periods of stronger geomagnetic activity, however, the auroral oval can expand farther south, making sightings possible across portions of the northern United States, particularly in states along the Canadian border and areas with dark, unobstructed skies.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
The outage spanned sections of North County, including Escondido, Encinitas and Carlsbad, as well as portions of SDG&E’s service territory in Orange County.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for portions
Noun
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To destinies that cross front lines and are never the same again.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Mar. 2026
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In this way, the film becomes a manifesto for alternate destinies within the Black experience, and a semi-formal goodbye letter to the delusional but politically expedient optimism of the 2010s, wherein the end of the neoliberal order becomes a gateway to renewed self-possession and agency.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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There are bodies made from scrap metal, bodies pierced with tentacles and affixed with screens for nipples and eyes, bodies broken down for parts, and walls lined with images of skin.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2026
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While representing the southwest Salt Lake Valley and parts of deep-red Utah County in the former 4th district, he was considered the most conservative House Democrat during his single term by one analysis, before losing reelection to a Republican.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2026
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McCormick shares fell 8% over the past week.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2026
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Anthropic's showdown with the Pentagon this year left OpenAI looking like the bad guy, and just this week Bloomberg reported that demand is weakening for private shares of OpenAI in the secondary market.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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The Swiss food producer distributes KitKat bars globally, except in the United States, where Hershey has the rights.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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The Social Security Administration (SSA) distributes payments on a staggered schedule throughout each month rather than sending them all at once.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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Recurring internet blackouts have also compromised communications, and caused even more confusion for families, who have been racing to confirm the fates of those who have disappeared.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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In stepping outside ourselves and into an awareness of the ways that the lives and fates of all human and non-human animals are intertwined.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
31 Mar. 2026
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The trail’s 45 segments will cost a total of about $120 million when it’s completed.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Mohan added that these long-term contracts are offered to SanDisk’s customers across Cloud, Client, and Consumer segments, but the highest demand is in the data center business.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
5 Apr. 2026
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What’s meant to feel relaxed and inviting often throws off the proportions and limits how the space can actually function.—
Angelika Pokovba,
Martha Stewart,
3 Apr. 2026
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The creatures on this list literally lack spinal columns…and yet attain relatively massive proportions.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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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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“Portions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/portions. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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