allocate
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That means you’d need to allocate about $11 a day to pay off your credit card.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
There was, however, a bit of good news this summer when Stellantis decided to allocate production of the next-generation Opel Astra and DS4 to Ruesselsheim, securing the plant's operations beyond 2029.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 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
These people whose job it was to allocate capital apparently didn’t even know how to manage their own.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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They eventually won over Jane Street, the EA-tinged trading firm that rarely allocates capital to outside managers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion to hire a consultant to reevaluate how the county allocates Measure B funds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 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
It allocates natural resources, and controls the issue of credit.
From Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann
The increases were directed at passenger vehicles filling up beyond their allocated quotas and come after Tehran already cut the monthly subsidized allocations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
“I have a lot of younger clients who have huge stock-option portfolios,” says Ringbauer, which is leading to prenup discussions about “not only what I have today but how it gets allocated for the future.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
The fund, from money already allocated to the British Business Bank, will provide investments of between £5m and £15m.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Managing those limited supplies requires careful decisions about how water is stored, allocated, and shared.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Long ago, Grandma and Grandpa Larsen had specified that when they died, all their children and their spouses were to use an allocated sum of money to go on a Scandinavian cruise.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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Unhappy with the US-government run September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, Charles successfully pressured the authorities into allocating funds more fairly and to more people.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
This is especially risky given the inevitably increasing role machines of the state will play in allocating our rights and privileges under our increasingly elaborate welfare and legal systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
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
Some financial planners suggest allocating 80% of your retirement portfolio to the ladder and 20% to a stock-market index fund.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Congress had signaled its enthusiasm for an expanded AEC program by allocating the agency a healthy budget for research, he explained.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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