apportion blame

phrase

formal
: to say who should be blamed
Any attempt to apportion blame so many years after the incident is pointless.

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Tretta was one of a number of Brown students who spoke to CNN to mark the restart of classes, amid ongoing questions about security on campus and how to apportion blame for the shooting that left the campus community anxious and rattled. — Leigh Waldman, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026 Western officials wrestle daily with a paradox of hybrid warfare – whether to apportion blame or not. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 27 Sep. 2025 This is not the time to start fighting again about how exactly to apportion blame for Tottenham’s 17th-place Premier League finish in 2024-25. — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 2 July 2025 Democrats have engaged in soul-searching and finger-pointing within the party as members look to apportion blame for the defeat. — Ivana Saric, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024 Those blameworthy influencers, in turn, must identify their respective influences and apportion blame among them. — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023 Jurors were asked to apportion blame for the accident in their verdict. — Malathi Nayak, Anchorage Daily News, 19 July 2022

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