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make allowances for



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Be aware that standard estate laws do not automatically consider rent as a mortgage contribution for a house they will eventually own, unless you explicitly structure your estate plan to make allowances for this.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 10, 2025

Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Manchester City's chairman, knows he has a leader with an extraordinary capacity for work and sometimes he has to make allowances for some of his insecurities.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2023

It also doesn’t make allowances for voting by mail for students away at college, the homebound or those in hospitals, she said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2023

“You make allowances for the energy of the Israelis and this environment — that is right.”

From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2023

One must make allowances for the years, and the speed with which babes-in-arms become boisterous ten-year-olds.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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