apportioning

Example Sentences

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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

The upcoming negotiations will also involve questions about how the current system of managing dams and apportioning water can be revamped to adapt to climate change.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2023

In 1948 that apportioning made sense because fission and fusion seemed promising, and no one much saw the need for efficiency.

From Scientific American • Jun. 5, 2023

Ernest drew up a preliminary list of first-year grants covering almost every cyclotron in the country save his own, apportioning $10,000 each for Chicago, Columbia, Harvard, Michigan, and Princeton.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik