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allocate

[al-uh-keyt] / ˈæl əˌkeɪt /


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Washington, meanwhile, has announced plans to allocate $1 billion toward Colombia's security.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

But it also prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic state lawmakers this summer to allocate $40 million to help counties speed up the process.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Under the updated rules, condo associations will need to allocate at least 15% of their annual dues income to reserves, up from 10% currently.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

One think tank, Re:State, has suggested, external the government should allocate mayors 2.5p in every pound raised by the 20p basic rate of income tax in their areas.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

“We have the ability to allocate the job to the person who knows the area best.”

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

The program allocates $750 million annually in film and TV tax breaks.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

Aggregate data can help identify broad trends and inform how the commission allocates its enforcement resources.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to approve a motion to hire a consultant to reevaluate how it allocates funds collected via a property tax instituted by Measure B, a 2002 ballot initiative.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

It was seen as a coup when Situational attracted institutional investors including quant trading firm Jane Street, which ranks among Wall Street’s most profitable firms and rarely allocates capital to outside managers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Sometimes it fixes prices, allocates the surplus or distributes the loss.

From Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann

In June, lawmakers approved a major expansion of the funding allocated each year to the state’s film and television tax credit program, moving to raise that cap to $750 million from $330 million.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

The Health Department was allocated £381m to spend in 2026 as part of the government's budget for 2026-2029.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

That proposal allocated funding specifically for the purchase of three types of uncrewed platforms over the next five years: coastal surveillance drones, coastal attack drones and small one-way attack drone boats.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Way back in 1922, the interstate treaty governing its use allocated more water every year than the river can give.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

This presented a delicate problem, another of the house guests being also without his valet, raising the question as to which guest should be allocated the butler as valet and who the footman.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

By examining the organization of both biological brains and artificial neural networks, Imam and his colleagues found evidence that evolution may involve allocating a limited amount of brain space among competing wiring strategies.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

"That they are still allocating wildcards for them says something to their intrinsic value to the tournaments."

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Samsung said it is implementing its three-year shareholder return policy, which commits to allocating 50% of its free cash flow to shareholder returns.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

In terms of allocating over time, an equitable plan would probably aim to keep the burden associated with the missing trust fund steady across generations.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

The underlying reason why this transition was piecemeal is that food production systems evolved as a result of the accumulation of many separate decisions about allocating time and effort.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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