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as in destinies
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 parts
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 shares
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 distributes
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals
portioned out the medical supplies equally
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Recent Examples of portions
Asher Kaufman, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2025
House District 70 includes portions of North Little Rock and Sherwood, incorporating the Arkansas National Guard's Camp Robinson in the north and west.
—Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2025
Everything on the menu is crafted with the highest quality, and the portions are huge.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
Divide plants into clumps with three to five vigorous shoots each, discarding any small, weak, or woody portions.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
Plates of spaghetti vongole and penne puttanesca were consumed, along with heaping portions of swordfish and prawns, calamari, and clams.
—Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2025
Storm total rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches with local maxima of 7 inches are expected into Wednesday morning across portions of the coastal Carolinas.
—Miami Herald Hurricane Bot, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
In 1993, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute developed a compression technique that eliminated portions of audio that human ears couldn’t detect.
—ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
One of the earliest duties of any restorer is to round up the copies or portions of a film, in a variety of states, that have been scattered far and wide.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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The portions of the plan that include Israeli withdrawal, the release of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, and the provision of mass humanitarian aid to Gaza are similar to past agreements, including the last one that collapsed after Israel violated its terms in March 2025.
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Time may be running out for Lorenz Hart, but other great artistic destinies are still being written.—
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Rodnyansky’s narrative is not focused on the events themselves but on the people, human destinies, and art.—
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One of the hardest parts of shelter life is social isolation.—
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In recent months, China expanded visa waivers to tourists from much of Europe, Asia, and parts of the Middle East, sought to attract more international students to its universities and exchange programs, and boosted its trade and diplomatic relationships with the rest of the world.—
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Chipotle’s shares have fallen about 30% since former CEO Brian Niccol departed for Starbucks last year.—
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Linde shares are up 219% since the close of its 2018 merger with Praxair — and a reputation as a pragmatic dealmaker.—
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Mark Montefiore and Kara Haflidson are executive producers with Max Wolfond serving as supervising producer for New Metric Media, which also distributes the series internationally.—
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No matter how May distributes minutes, Michigan will have at least one elite rim protector on the floor.—
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The eventual fates of the pair of tropical systems remain highly uncertain, according to forecasters.—
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Played by Ana Rujas, Javier Rey and Álvaro Morte, the characters’ fates loop across history in the shape of infinity.—
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When and how this messianic revolution would come about was up for debate and speculation, but large segments of the population, based on specific prophecies in the Hebrew Bible, believed that the time was at hand.—
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With the subsidy gone, effective EV prices rise relative to ICE, especially in segments where battery costs still carry a premium of thousands of dollars; manufacturers may respond with selective rebates, but these will vary model by model and likely won’t offset the full credit loss.—
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To convey a sense of spontaneity and freedom of self-expression, Marino relied on maxi proportions, clashing prints and an interplay of airy, fluid fabrics with structured textures.—
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The director’s handling of mystical visions that haunt Ray is less than seamless, but his embrace of elemental forces is effective, particularly a hailstorm of near-biblical proportions that proves cathartic.—
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The more subtle Ted to Russ’ broader Jamie Tartt is Jake Hudson (Steve Zahn, delivering a better performance than the material deserves), a good but beleaguered head coach who dispenses avuncular advice.—
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Elle Liemandt, a 17-year-old high-school senior in Austin who dispenses teen-dating advice on TikTok and has created an AI-powered dating-coach app, told me that adults seem unable to offer helpful guidance for romantic relationships.—
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“Portions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/portions. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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