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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

The Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to allot nearly $4 million to remove graffiti and secure an unfinished downtown Los Angeles skyscraper, which has been heavily tagged in recent weeks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2024

The government wouldn’t allot valuable rations to a dead woman.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

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 state’s proposed budget allots roughly $22 million for the rate increases.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2023

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

It allots to each its definite sphere of description, and agrees that there appear to be actual forces at work which tend, as time goes on, to make the unity greater.

From Essays in Radical Empiricism by William James

She has been allotted a third-floor apartment but climbing stairs is painful because of a metal rod in her leg after an operation.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 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

Silently, all the creatures filed to their allotted places.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Take Jeffery Haynes, 40, who said he is allotting four to five hours to playing “GTA 6” on Nov. 19 — including during work hours.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

States including New York and West Virginia are also allotting emergency funds to support food banks and other meal distribution efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

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

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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