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allocate

[al-uh-kayt] / ˈæl əˌkeɪt /


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It also would authorize the state to enter a partnership with an immunology and immunotherapy research institute selected by the California Department of Public Health and allocate half of the bond revenue to it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

That granular data allows decisionmakers to allocate resources and target outreach to the areas with the highest need.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Dropping tens of thousands of dollars on a watch is a good way to curry favor with sales assistants who allocate Birkins to clients.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

That means you’d need to allocate about $11 a day to pay off your credit card.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 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

The average U.S. household spends about $1,100 each month on transportation, twice as much as this budget allocates.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

The program allocates $750 million annually in film and TV tax breaks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Aggregate data can help identify broad trends and inform how the commission allocates its enforcement resources.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

She allocates an hour a day for gaming which her boys enjoy, and then fills the rest of the time with playing, reading or writing.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

It allocates natural resources, and controls the issue of credit.

From Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann

Whether their money is being appropriately allocated is another question, according to Colas.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

There will also be £65m allocated to rescuing businesses and buildings at risk of closure, and a further £20m allocated to help communities set up co-operative businesses and let out empty units.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

By comparison, Spain has allocated less than $230 million over the past decade for its Campo de Gibraltar security plan, launched to dismantle criminal networks in the south of Spain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Not all the money from last year was allocated; roughly $30 million is being rolled over into the new funding round.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Those who contracted MDR were left to die—as humanely as possible, because the foundation provided money for hospice care—but why, Farmer wondered, couldn’t some money be allocated to MDR?

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

“Managements and boards are in the business of allocating the capital entrusted to them by shareholders,” Colas wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

When it came to allocating the homes, NIHE's points-based system was used in conjunction with a local Rathlin lettings policy which included having a connection to the island.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Meanwhile AI investment gallops on, with 85% of functional leaders planning to increase spending in 2026 after allocating an average of 12% of their budgets to AI in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

By examining the organization of both biological brains and artificial neural networks, Imam and his colleagues found evidence that evolution may involve allocating a limited amount of brain space among competing wiring strategies.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

Congress had signaled its enthusiasm for an expanded AEC program by allocating the agency a healthy budget for research, he explained.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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