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apportioning

[ US /əˈpɔɹʃənɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ɐpˈɔːʃənɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
    the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state

How To Use apportioning In A Sentence

  • Then the bear shifted, almost as if it knew that Madeline was uncomfortable, reapportioning its bulk so that her ribs weren't crushed.
  • The inquiry report doesn't pull any punches in apportioning blame.
  • The inquiry report doesn't pull any punches in apportioning blame.
  • It is just three weeks since the nation's political arguments were about micromatters such as apportioning blame for an economic slowdown that had not yet produced even one quarter of contraction. War, The Health Of The State
  • You can’t use statistical models for the Census because of it’s role in apportioning political power and federal funding. Matthew Yglesias » Census Conspiracies Strike Back
  • The quest for truth, North insists, is not about apportioning blame or naming scapegoats, but the prevention of future tragedies.
  • As for the superdelgates, the notion of apportioning them based on various formulae just won't work. News Orgs: Obama Ahead Of Hillary In Pledged Delegates, Catching Her In Super-Delegates
  • She will have been long familiar with the idea of apportioning incomes. Vocational Guidance for Girls
  • It is not an act of revenge or even an exercise in apportioning blame. 11/24/2005
  • The management of irony and sincerity - their proper apportioning, their containment and release - is the vexed issue of this novel, as of so many contemporary works.
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