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Let’s say you allot another $1,000 for furniture.

From MarketWatch ● May 29, 2026

The ladies agree to allot 20 minutes to grousing about their aches and pains, and then they have to move on to some appointed discussion topic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

They disagree on how to allot necessary water cuts and other issues, including how much water should be released downstream from Lake Powell on the Utah-Arizona border.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2025

On Tuesday, Drakeford will allot money for government departments for 2026-27.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025

The government wouldn’t allot valuable rations to a dead woman.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

But the equal-weighted version of the index allots an equal weighting to each stock in the index, making it a better gauge of how the average S&P 500 stock is doing.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026

Focusing on McCartney’s first decade in the wake of The Beatles’ disbandment, Neville allots significant attention to the musician’s grit and determination during the formation of Wings, which underwent several lineup changes in the 1970s.

From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2026

I opted for a $100 annual plan that allots me two terabytes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

The Oscars are notorious for running well over the three-and-a-half-hour time period ABC allots for the telecast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2025

No; a play is moral if it works out a psychological situation, a problem of conduct to which it suggests or allots a right solution.

From The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama by Filon, Augustin

That’s mainly due to the NBA’s rising salary cap, the allotted fund used to pay players on each team, which was $70 million 10 years ago and is now $165 million.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026

County allotted $25 million this fiscal year to fund the treatment program in local jails.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

"Many candidates who had demonstrated strong mathematical ability throughout their studies found themselves unable to complete substantial sections of the paper within the allotted time", says the petition.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

I was taking double the oranges I was allotted at each snack station.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

While I could answer most of the questions on the practice exam, I was slow, needing double or triple the allotted time.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

To make her own job as a teacher sustainable, she follows strict rules about allotting time to read student work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

The scene is a foreshadow, and signals that the novel will compress time, dwelling on certain details or events, while allotting mere lines to other pivotal moments, or allowing them to occur offstage, in passing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025

Some church members cautioned him against speaking out in support of migrants or allotting more church resources to them.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2024

The deal also gives three expired 2017 tax breaks for businesses new legs, allotting $33 billion to benefits related to research and experimental costs, interest deduction, small-business expensing and bonus depreciation.

From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2024

After some prodding by Dad, the motion on allotting work finally was introduced and passed.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey