verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
apportion/assign blame formal (= find someone to blame for something )
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He seemed to want to apportion blame for her death.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
blame
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Our article of May 13, 1986 was not intended to apportion blame for Mr Mikkelson's death.
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The trial judge must therefore apportion blame between the parties.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It was also open to the Revenue to apportion the tax among several beneficiaries according to any method they thought fit.
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Should this be the case, the price may need to be apportioned.
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The higher the eventual rank, the more likely was blame to be similarly apportioned.
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The rest of the delegates are apportioned by congressional districts, with the winner of each district getting three delegates.
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The value of shared facilities or labour must be apportioned strictly in proportion to relative benefits received.
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Two remaining segments, along the Sumpul and Torola rivers, were apportioned between the two countries.