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allocate

[al-uh-kayt] / ˈæl əˌkeɪt /


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“We think it’s a much healthier and much more rational use of capital to allocate that to bespoke facilities that have long-term agreements tied to them.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The budget is expected to allocate funds towards the major national projects Carney has tagged as crucial to Canadian economic sovereignty, including infrastructure for energy production and critical mineral mining.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

“This decision will optimize our store network and allocate resources more effectively to better serve our customers,” the company said in an email.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Overall, the results showed that MTCH2 is a powerful regulator of how cells allocate nutrients between energy production and other biological needs.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Wall Street’s essential function was to allocate capital: to decide who should get it and who should not.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The SFC is the body which allocates public funding to higher education.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

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

They eventually won over Jane Street, the EA-tinged trading firm that rarely allocates capital to outside managers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to approve a motion to hire a consultant to reevaluate how it allocates funds collected via a property tax instituted by Measure B, a 2002 ballot initiative.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

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

From Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann

The project has been allocated more than $1.3 billion from California’s Proposition 1 bond measure, which voters approved in 2014.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

This frequency is internationally allocated for industrial, scientific, and medical applications.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

Tenney, of the Putnam County Development Authority, was one of local officials who spoke out against earlier versions of the law that allocated nothing to local governments.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

As it stands, mayors of English strategic authorities receive most of their funding from ring-fenced grants, allocated by central government to be spent on specific policy areas.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

The farthest rooms in the house were allocated to Jean’s mania for photography.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

The motion calls for allocating millions of dollars annually to fully fund nine county-run self-help legal centers that assist people navigating the restraining order process.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

“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

The district is allocating more than 200,000 square feet of office space and establishing a nearly $150 million fund for these projects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

The underlying reason why this transition was piecemeal is that food production systems evolved as a result of the accumulation of many separate decisions about allocating time and effort.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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