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allocate

[al-uh-keyt] / ˈæl əˌkeɪt /


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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

“We are being disciplined in how we allocate our scarce cloud capacity,” Agrawal says.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

While the fund can be aggressive in making changes when called upon to do so, it’s also disciplined in following its quantitative process to select stocks, buy and sell them, and allocate its portfolio weighting.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 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

“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 $135 million to provide incentives, with participating automakers matching the funds.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 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

Wall Street veterans were surprised that Aschenbrenner also was able to attract investment from Jane Street, a firm that rarely allocates capital to outside managers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 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

This central authority also allocates paper quotas, determines the number of books to be printed, and sets the prices at which all publications are to be sold.

From Area Handbook for Romania by Donald W. Bernier

Investors have been concerned this year about Oracle’s high capital expenditures — spending allocated toward things like data centers — as well as its profitability and ability to fund its noncancelable contract commitments.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

In recent years, retail traders have clamored for more access to newly public companies—but the number of shares allocated to brokerages in popular offerings often fall well short of demand.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

Managing those limited supplies requires careful decisions about how water is stored, allocated, and shared.

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

As part of this, it allocated a £7bn capital investment to create 14,000 prison places by 2031.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

He began lobbying officials there to include the various second-line antibiotics on their list of “essential drugs”—a list that the ministries followed and allocated money for in their budgets.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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

On Monday, Reform announced similar plans to prioritise British-born workers under 35 when allocating social housing if it were to enter government.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

Weibo is boosting its video-content strategy and allocating more resources to AI to drive long-term user engagement, they add, noting the movesappear strategically sound but could pressure profitability, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 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

Eventually somebody ends up in charge of allocating goods and services.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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