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as in to allot
to give as a share or portion
apportioned the profits according to years of service with the company
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as in to distribute
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals
apportioned the grant money to the winners of the competition
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The industry hopes that a pro-crypto Congress will pass rules that will apportion more of the regulatory responsibilities to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which has traditionally been softer on its approach to policing the sector.
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Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
Levied on both real estate and slave ownership, its $2 million revenue target was apportioned among the states, as required by the Constitution.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Advertisement There have been persistent disagreements about how triggers for water cutbacks should be determined and how those reductions should be apportioned.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
Ford Is Not Alone However, some the blame for Ford's and the wider EV industry's problems is being apportioned to draconian European climate targets as well.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
Levied on both real estate and slave ownership, its $2 million revenue target was apportioned among the states, as required by the Constitution.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Advertisement There have been persistent disagreements about how triggers for water cutbacks should be determined and how those reductions should be apportioned.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
Ford Is Not Alone However, some the blame for Ford's and the wider EV industry's problems is being apportioned to draconian European climate targets as well.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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About $6 billion of grant funding has been allotted to the project, which will take up around 6,500 square feet of the high school, according to Callender.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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Because there are generally more applicants than visas available, visas are allotted by a lottery conducted after preapplications are filed in April, six months before the start of the fiscal year.Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 30 Dec. 2024
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Volunteers distribute water and other supplies at the Westwood Recreation Center on Thursday.Angela Yang, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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On Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. the district will distribute pre-packaged meals at 16 sites for students.Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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The report found that 50 per 100,000 in adolescents assigned female at birth and 25 per 100,000 in adolescents assigned male at birth received hormones.Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2025
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No team has been assigned for incident management yet, and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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Scanning a new Wikipedia tab can feel like turning on a faucet, using a resource that has seemingly always been there and dispensed evenly, almost magically, from the Internet pipes.Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2025
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The nation’s three largest PBMs – CVS Health’s Caremark, Cigna’s Express Scripts and UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Rx – inflated the prices of drugs dispensed at their affiliated pharmacies by hundreds or even thousands of percent, the agency found.Tami Luhby, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
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And make sure to allocate a specific amount toward debt repayment each month.Chad Van Horn, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2025
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The Biden administration will not be able to allocate $3.8 billion of U.S. aid earmarked for Ukraine before the president leaves the White House, raising questions over the future of the funding when President-elect Donald Trump takes office.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
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On Monday, the US government announced a new round of regulations on global AI chip exports, dividing the world into roughly three tiers of access.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2025
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Other volunteers set up in the job center’s parking lot to divide donations into care packages of food, toiletries, water and clothing.Yvonne Condes, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
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The Grammys must be held in a major venue of that size because ticket sales provide an enormous percentage of its annual revenue, along with the network TV broadcast — which will be CBS until 2027, when Disney takes over.Jem Aswad, Variety, 14 Jan. 2025
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Establishing a daily schedule can help provide structure and purpose, which are often lost during retirement.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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During the pandemic, the center opened to help administer COVID tests and pass out food.Yvonne Condes, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
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The fund is administered by the Entertainment Industry Foundation.Michaela Zee, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Apportion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apportion. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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