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as in destiny
a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand
he had always just assumed that lifelong bachelorhood would be his portion
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as in part
one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled
equal portions of the students' day are devoted to study, recreation, and sleep
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as in share
something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group
each camper gets an equal portion of the food
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as in to distribute
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals
portioned out the medical supplies equally
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Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
The combined total, with the state and Contra Costa portions, would be 10.25%.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 1 Nov. 2024
Joey Skladany, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024
Not too salty, not too sweet, each bento box is carefully portioned by food group to meet federal nutrition standards.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Starting today, portions of Second Street and A Street NE near the Supreme Court will be closed to cars between 9am and 3pm on days the court is in session through June.
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Scoop cookie dough: Using a 1/4-cup scoop, portion the dough into 16 cookies.
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But Mann also knew that, to withstand our attraction to death, a decent society has to be built on a foundation deeper than politics: the belief that, somewhere between matter and divinity, we human beings, made of water, protein, and love, share a common destiny.George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Outside looking in The dubious distinction of being the first team outside the top 12 looking in belongs to No. 13 SMU, who are tied with Miami atop the ACC standings and still control their own destiny of playing their way into the bracket.David Close, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Was your family still part of the organization when you were cast out?Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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The region’s dry and warmer-than-usual weather has been caused, in part, by a strong high-pressure ridge that parked itself high in the atmosphere over much of the country for several weeks.Denise Chow, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Mario saves his brother, and the two share a warm embrace.Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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Cantor Fitzgerald also raised an initial SPAC before the boom that merged with alt asset manager GCM Grosvenor ($11.50 per share on Friday).Dan Primack, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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Jones’ Quincy Jones Foundation distributed millions of dollars in Los Angeles and abroad to advance humanitarian causes and encourage arts education.Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Some experts say this distributes your weight more evenly throughout your foot, rather than putting so much pressure on the front of your foot (where bunions sit).Jennifer Heimlich, SELF, 4 Nov. 2024
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Trade Deals Trade programs like the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and Haiti HOPE/HELP, which allow duty-free access to the U.S. market, are set to expire next September, and their fate will rest with the new Congress.Evan Clark, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
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In a bitter twist of fate, Trump made these remarks about Xi on the day that Liu Xiaobo died.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Nov. 2024
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Whenever factional rivalries, regional tensions between Eastern and Western Republicans, or conflict between industrial and agrarian sections, threatened party unity, the tariff cemented them together.Bruce J. Schulman / Made by History, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
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Roughly a decade later, he has been reduced to eating solitary microwaveable poultry-tagine dinners from the gourmet section of the supermarket chain Monoprix.Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
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In fact, the house as a whole looks odd: Nothing feels particularly lived in, the proportions are off, the window far too small.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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If the parties get their ways, those proportions could change after Tuesday.Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
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For companies and consumers, dispensing with all that fakery ushers in a new era of trust, Blair maintains.Nick Rockel, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
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These robots can't transport more than three types of drugs, selectively dispense their drugs, maintain their mobility, or release their drugs at multiple sites.New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Portion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/portion. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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