allot

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

Passive indexes that allot the greatest influence to the biggest companies do nothing to aid in capital allocation for the broader economy, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 8, 2025

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

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025

In 1965, La Cañada’s men waited for the annual arrival of Mexican government officials to allot the bracero slots.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025

The verb allot, by the way, means “parcel out.”

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

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

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

You have to book time there, even if you’re a hotel guest, as the hotel allots some spots to the public.

From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2022

The most conspicuous of these monuments is that which tradition allots to Absalom, close to this other which we have just described.

From The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope

This extra funding is drawn down from the state’s general fund — so it adds to the total allotted for education.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Mileva discovered that Madelyn used all of her allotted daily half-hour of iPad time to talk to the chatbot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

And those visits often run over their allotted time, meaning that primary care doctors are often behind.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026

Researchers at top labs including Alibaba and Z.AI said they are often allotted one-fifth of the high-end chips available to peers at OpenAI and Google.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Each was allotted a specific amount of time, and Amelie had been deadly serious when she told them the microphone would be turned off if they went so much as one second over.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

Ferrari is in the enviable position of allotting Purosangue sales to its well-regarded clients, collectors and other Friends of Enzo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 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

This comes on the heels of Congress allotting funds for the department's "Food is Medicine" effort, created in order to "develop a federal strategy to reduce nutrition-related chronic illnesses."

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 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