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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
Antonia Mortensen, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
The district, which includes more than 950,000 residents, lies north of Houston and Galveston and spans portions of Montgomery, Harris, Chambers, Jefferson and Galveston counties.
—Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 1 May 2026
The Storm Prediction Center, part of the National Weather Service, has placed portions of central Missouri at a marginal risk of severe weather, Level 1 of 5.
—Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026
Some of the smoke from the Highway 41 Fire may move into portions of Miami-Dade and Broward counties and could lead to haze in some spots.
—Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 1 May 2026
The pursuit ensued and went through multiple jurisdictions, including portions of Sutter, Butte and Yuba counties.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
This seat, which blends portions of Kim and Calvert’s current districts, spans from Mission Viejo in Orange County up into Woodcrest, Menifee and Murrieta in Riverside County.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
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—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
These are precious portions of your body.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
Higher consumer prices led Italians to buy Parmigiano Reggiano less frequently and in smaller portions, though the number of households purchasing it remained stable.
—Antonia Mortensen, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
The district, which includes more than 950,000 residents, lies north of Houston and Galveston and spans portions of Montgomery, Harris, Chambers, Jefferson and Galveston counties.
—Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 1 May 2026
The Storm Prediction Center, part of the National Weather Service, has placed portions of central Missouri at a marginal risk of severe weather, Level 1 of 5.
—Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026
Some of the smoke from the Highway 41 Fire may move into portions of Miami-Dade and Broward counties and could lead to haze in some spots.
—Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 1 May 2026
The pursuit ensued and went through multiple jurisdictions, including portions of Sutter, Butte and Yuba counties.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
This seat, which blends portions of Kim and Calvert’s current districts, spans from Mission Viejo in Orange County up into Woodcrest, Menifee and Murrieta in Riverside County.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
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—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
These are precious portions of your body.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for portions
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Twelve destinies searching for peace and belonging, while the house remains a haven through decades of turmoil.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2026
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But Calle, like any writer, sketches her characters and frames their destinies.—
Elisa Wouk Almino
Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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This includes soaring gas prices at the pump, seesawing stock markets, rising food and fertilizer prices, higher shipping-insurance costs, and fuel shortages that have touched off violence, work stoppages, and profiteering in parts of Asia and Africa.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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Very little offends me in a moral sense in the theater, but parts of this script came close.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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The analyst's price objective of $100 implies a 39% rally ahead for shares of Block.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
2 May 2026
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Investors have sold shares of software companies, fearing enterprise customers will use AI to create their own platforms.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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Food restrictions for Cubans date back to 1962, when ration books were first established, a system that distributes monthly staples.—
Sarah Moreno
Updated April 29,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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The top half of the purifier features a glossy white, bladeless amplifier loop fan that distributes clean, hydrated air throughout the room.—
John R. Delaney,
PC Magazine,
28 Apr. 2026
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The novel follows three women turned detectives, whose fates were first woven together by their husbands' crimes.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
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Left Arrow Right Arrow As the 2026 NFL Draft soldiered on through Saturday afternoon, many young men anxiously awaited the news of their fates for the next several years of football.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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Evidence from deregulated market segments shows that removing these regulations would cut the same premiums substantially.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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It’s structured as a rondo, in which an initial or main melody is repeated in between one or more contrasting segments.—
Brian Duignan,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
24 Apr. 2026
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The best reality shows—every Bravo franchise, The Kardashians, Dance Moms—are anthropological studies with campy one-liners, life blown up to exaggerated proportions.—
Daisy Jones,
Vogue,
2 May 2026
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Last September, more than 16,000 students were named semifinalists for being the highest-scoring entrants from each state, with proportions based on each state’s total of graduating seniors.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Black folks have seen the face of the US’s prerogative state—the side of the government that dispenses arbitrary jurisprudence, discriminatory law enforcement, and violence against those who challenge its authority and dominant ideologies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Mar. 2026
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First seen at a night-club table of menacing lowlifes, Ida, whose mother tongue is Brooklynese, suddenly switches to a heavy British accent and dispenses a torrent of highly literary sarcasms.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Portions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/portions. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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