apportioning

Example Sentences

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She said it was not about "apportioning blame or fuelling anger, but about establishing the truth".

From BBC • Apr. 20, 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

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