allocation
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On its last earnings call, new Chief Financial Officer Hilary Maxson pledged “disciplined capital allocation, maintaining a strong balance sheet and preserving our investment grade credit rating.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
This reflects “speculation about a potential change in the Government Pension Investment Fund’s asset allocation and rising expectations of faster Bank of Japan rate hikes,” the international economist and currency strategist says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Rangers had proposed a reduced away allocation of 300 for the impending cup tie, with Celtic rejecting the offer.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Only 5.5% of retirement savers made a change to the asset allocation during the second quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
However, World Bank members, who came from many countries to meet in Moscow, were divided about the allocation.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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The March cup meeting was the first time Celtic supporters have been given the full Broomloan Road Stand allocation at Ibrox since away allocations were reduced to fewer than 1,000 in 2018.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The accounting rules give companies one year to adjust their purchase-price allocations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The underwriters are offering 177.9 million new shares and pricing will be announced later on Thursday with allocations given later in the day.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
The asset manager is slightly overweight to Japan in its allocations, partly because the yen is at a 40-year low.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
During that same period, DEA antidrug spending grew from $86 to $1,026 million, and FBI antidrug allocations grew from $38 to $181 million.
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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