1
as in to allot
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 to distribute
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals
apportioned the grant money to the winners of the competition
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Recent Examples of apportion
The industry hopes that a pro-crypto Congress will pass rules that will apportion more of the regulatory responsibilities to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which has traditionally been softer on its approach to policing the sector.
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Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
Levied on both real estate and slave ownership, its $2 million revenue target was apportioned among the states, as required by the Constitution.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Advertisement There have been persistent disagreements about how triggers for water cutbacks should be determined and how those reductions should be apportioned.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
Ford Is Not Alone However, some the blame for Ford's and the wider EV industry's problems is being apportioned to draconian European climate targets as well.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
Levied on both real estate and slave ownership, its $2 million revenue target was apportioned among the states, as required by the Constitution.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Advertisement There have been persistent disagreements about how triggers for water cutbacks should be determined and how those reductions should be apportioned.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
Ford Is Not Alone However, some the blame for Ford's and the wider EV industry's problems is being apportioned to draconian European climate targets as well.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apportion
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Many states allot the lottery money to their general revenue funds to be used as discretionary spending.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA TODAY,
11 Jan. 2025
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Little Startup Help: The state allotted $100 million for new facilities, but it’s only gone to eight places.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
10 Jan. 2025
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The series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2025
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Federation Studios will distribute the series internationally.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Jan. 2025
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In the aftermath of the crypto ball that was organized by David Sacks, and the label of the first crypto President being assigned to Trump the expectations for proactive and forward looking action are quite high.—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Mecklenburg Sheriff Garry McFadden, a former Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police homicide investigator assigned to the Wallace case, said race played a role — that in the early 1990s CMPD put less emphasis on solving crimes in African-American neighborhoods.—
Michael Gordon,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Jan. 2025
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Scanning a new Wikipedia tab can feel like turning on a faucet, using a resource that has seemingly always been there and dispensed evenly, almost magically, from the Internet pipes.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
16 Jan. 2025
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The nation’s three largest PBMs – CVS Health’s Caremark, Cigna’s Express Scripts and UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Rx – inflated the prices of drugs dispensed at their affiliated pharmacies by hundreds or even thousands of percent, the agency found.—
Tami Luhby,
CNN,
14 Jan. 2025
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Critics have previously highlighted that many opioid settlements do not allocate funds specifically for these purposes, making this aspect of the Purdue settlement particularly noteworthy.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
24 Jan. 2025
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Employers should plan for these groups and allocate benefits accordingly.—
Jack Hooper,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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The galleries are categorized according to three themes — religion, kingship, and society — and divided into historical eras: Predynastic, the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, the Late Kingdom, Ptolemaic (Greek) Egypt, and the Roman period.—
Kate McMahon,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Jan. 2025
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Americans largely support Trump's mass deportation plans, but are divided on how they should be carried out.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Port Authority will provide $200,000 in matching funding, according to the city board resolution, which was approved as part of the consent agenda on Tuesday.—
Joseph Flaherty,
arkansasonline.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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The three and a half years before then offer opportunities to provide additional safety measures that would improve prospects.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
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Talker Research surveyed 5,000 Americans (state-by-state); the survey was commissioned by Tabasco and administered and conducted online by Talker Research between Dec. 23 to Dec. 31, 2024.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Catch up quick: As secretary of state, Benson has administered the state's last two presidential elections.—
Joe Guillen,
Axios,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Apportion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apportion. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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