Example Sentences

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In Washington, a bipartisan commission apportions the congressional and legislative districts.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2023

This includes Barclays, which apportions 33% of the capital markets financing to the bank and the rest to investors.

From Reuters • Mar. 24, 2023

There’s a lot more to “White Noise” than even that, illuminated in the revealing monologues Parks apportions to her four characters, all excellently embodied on the Milton Theatre stage in Studio’s recently renovated complex.

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2022

Where "Doctor Who" apportions crumbs on the way to finally making sense of an episode or an arc, "Class" drops them all at once on the table and tries to mash them into a loaf.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2017

Mqhayi then began to recite his well-known poem in which he apportions the stars in the heavens to the various nations of the world.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela