allotment
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Backers have downplayed such warnings, saying the measure gives the City Council the power to reduce the park funding allotment by 30% during fiscal emergencies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Oleksandr Gorlachov, 43, had gone to his allotment plot outside the city Friday night.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
As a result, Syracuse’s competitors can concentrate their financial-aid budgets on a smaller percentage of students, while Syracuse has to spread its allotment over a broader pool.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The century-old agreement requires the water released from upstream dams for Arizona, Nevada and California to average at least 7.5 million acre-feet over any decade, plus an allotment for Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Her family’s distress increased in the late 1890s as the U.S. government intensified its push for the culmination of its assimilation campaign: allotment.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
If reservoir levels continue to fall, it allows for larger mandatory water cuts of up to 3 million acre-feet per year in California, Arizona and Nevada — as much as 40% of the combined allotments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The 10-year federal framework will enable much larger cutbacks if deemed necessary in future years — as much as 40% of the combined allotments of California, Arizona and Nevada.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
They are currently the third tier of local government and, depending on size, they can be responsible for services like community events and festivals, allotments, sporting facilities and local parks.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2026
Chip makers and cloud-computing purveyors have described the demand for their offerings as effectively limitless, with heads of the AI model companies bemoaning capacity constraints and tussling over chip allotments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
He dreamed of it in the way other soldiers dreamed of their hearths or allotments or old civilian jobs.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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