allocate

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Those added profits dwarfed the lobbying tab, even if Rivian spent the additional $25 million it had said it was prepared to allocate, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Risk parity funds, which allocate depending on the risk of each asset class, shed one-sixth of their length, the analysts said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

Global shipping is interconnected, and as companies try to keep routes to Europe supplied, they may allocate fewer ships to other, less traveled routes.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

Meta evidently is continuing to allocate capital to back its AI ambitions as the emergent technology dominates much of the conversation around the hyperscaler.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

He looked at his little sister and tried to allocate blame so it all fell on her, but he couldn’t.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer