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allot

[uh-lot] / əˈlɒt /


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Let’s say you allot another $1,000 for furniture.

From MarketWatch ● May 29, 2026

The ladies agree to allot 20 minutes to grousing about their aches and pains, and then they have to move on to some appointed discussion topic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

On Tuesday, Drakeford will allot money for government departments for 2026-27.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025

The Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to allot nearly $4 million to remove graffiti and secure an unfinished downtown Los Angeles skyscraper, which has been heavily tagged in recent weeks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2024

The verb allot, by the way, means “parcel out.”

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

But the equal-weighted version of the index allots an equal weighting to each stock in the index, making it a better gauge of how the average S&P 500 stock is doing.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026

I opted for a $100 annual plan that allots me two terabytes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

In an 8-0 vote Tuesday, the Metropolitan King County Council approved budget legislation that allots $1 million to the Seattle International Film Festival, specifically earmarked for the reopening of the Cinerama theater in Belltown.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2023

The state’s proposed budget allots roughly $22 million for the rate increases.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2023

Fate allots to each his sphere of labor, and you are to make the happiness of an equally gifted nature.

From A Twofold Life by Wilhelmine von Hillern

“That’s amazingly short for a summit like this,” he said of the limited time allotted for substantive discussions between the leaders of the world’s two largest economies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Hampered by a hip injury, Payne limped through only a third of his allotted distance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Mileva discovered that Madelyn used all of her allotted daily half-hour of iPad time to talk to the chatbot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

And those visits often run over their allotted time, meaning that primary care doctors are often behind.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026

She ate the food set before her steadily, with no attempt to bolt as much as possible in the short time allotted.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilmember Ysabel Jurado called Thursday for allotting more than $360 million to developers and nonprofits building and preserving affordable housing projects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

States including New York and West Virginia are also allotting emergency funds to support food banks and other meal distribution efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

The Senate has proposed allotting $12 million in its capital budget to the facility.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2024

This comes on the heels of Congress allotting funds for the department's "Food is Medicine" effort, created in order to "develop a federal strategy to reduce nutrition-related chronic illnesses."

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2024

After some prodding by Dad, the motion on allotting work finally was introduced and passed.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey




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