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allot

[uh-lot] / əˈlɒt /


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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

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

From BBC Oct. 14, 2025

This doesn’t just invite some fantastic conversations, but recontexualizes the rights we allot to non-human creatures.

From Salon May 29, 2025

He doesn’t allot quality time to his relatives either. absence.

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

When you watch the film, you’ll see how selfish the Denzel character is in his space, even how he allots himself an hour of practice, no distractions, every day.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 17, 2024

Included is a provision that allots $15 million to the IRS to make plans for a free direct e-file tax return system.

From Seattle Times Aug. 12, 2022

I cannot look—my sight grows dim— While Fate allots, unequally, The living woman’s self to him, The mirrored form to me.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 by Various

Static exercises mean you’re holding one position and staying still for the allotted amount of time.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

In May, the powerful Imperial Irrigation District nixed Rucci’s plan to buy farmland, leave it fallow and use the allotted water from the Colorado River to cool the data center.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

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

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

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

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

However, it does have to think about the infrastructure, allotting space for storage and pipes, and making sure the airlines and fuel firms have everything they need.

From BBC Nov. 23, 2023

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




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