allocation
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The California attorney general in February opened a civil rights investigation into potential disparities in the fire response, looking particularly at delays in evacuation alerts and resource allocation between west and east Altadena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Earlier this month, Norway’s more than $2 trillion sovereign-wealth fund—the world’s largest—proposed cutting its allocation to government bonds, including Treasurys, in favor of mortgage-backed securities and other riskier debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
A smaller working capital allocation does not affect the company’s revenue or margin assumptions, and Citi makes no changes to its estimates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Once a year, you are going to rebalance your holdings and bring your asset allocation back to the target point,” said Chatzky.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
None had their complete allocation of walls and ceilings.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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The driver: Bonds can’t cover pension funds’ obligations like in the past, pushing them into bigger allocations to private debt, real estate, infrastructure and other areas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
About 8,000 visiting fans, a figure that was much larger than previous away allocations, had been allowed into Ibrox back in March to witness Celtic's penalty shootout win.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
While investors may not consciously try to boost their European exposure, passive inflows into non-U.S. equities have returned, mostly through international allocations.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
However, customers that do have access to Nvidia’s allocations, or that can scale custom silicon projects, “stand to benefit disproportionately,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Department of Defense antidrug allocations increased from $33 million in 1981 to $1,042 million in 1991.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Vocabulary lists containing allocation
Dwight D. Eisenhower, "The Military-Industrial Complex" (1961)
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