apportion blame

Frequency: 4.52.1 per million words

to decide who is responsible for something

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  • The inquiry's purpose is not to apportion blame, but to prevent future incidents.
  • The judge carefully apportioned blame between the two drivers involved in the collision.
  • In the aftermath of the financial crisis, it was difficult to apportion blame accurately.
  • The team leader refused to apportion blame, instead encouraging everyone to work together on a fix.
  • A public inquiry will be held to apportion blame for the catastrophic bridge collapse.
  • Rather than apportioning blame, let's focus on what we can learn from our mistakes.
  • The media was quick to apportion blame to the government for the slow response.
  • It is a natural human tendency to try to apportion blame when things go wrong.
  • The official report apportioned blame equally among the manufacturer, the regulator, and the operator.
  • Before we apportion any blame, we need to gather all the facts.