- present participle of apportion.
apportioning
Example Sentences
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He shows her ideas taking shape at desks where classifications opened or foreclosed futures, within organizations charged with apportioning the remnants of an inheritance among the living.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Without apportioning blame, the head of the U.N.’s atomic watchdog agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, warned of the safety risks of such attacks.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2024
But as the warming climate intensifies the state’s cycles of flood and drought, its system for apportioning water is under strain.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
Starr and other college leaders pointed out that only a small number of highly sought after institutions consider race as a factor in apportioning seats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
When it came to apportioning work on an aptitude basis, the smaller girls were assigned to dust the legs and lower shelves of furniture; the older girls to dust table tops and upper shelves.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
