apportion

Example Sentences

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But it’s hard if not impossible to prove that social media caused any given individual’s troubles, let alone apportion liability among the platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

The preliminary report states its role is "not to apportion blame or liability".

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025

The annual assessment, called the point-in-time count, is used to apportion federal dollars and provides a long-term measure of the state of homelessness in America.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2025

This is because both citizens and noncitizens are counted in the census and this data is then used to apportion seats.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2024

Rationales for still other ways to apportion the money are possible.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos