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allocation

[al-uh-kay-shuhn] / ˌæl əˈkeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
distribution
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STRONG


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Trading may now face a higher hurdle for additional resource allocation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The company said the deal sharpens its focus and capital allocation in the U.S., where it is continuing to invest in 5G and fiber networks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

A “bond-tent strategy” involves gradually exposing your portfolio’s allocation to bonds in the years leading up to retirement, keeping a higher bond allocation early after retiring and gradually lowering that exposure later.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

"We are seeing early signs of this in areas such as space, defence, semiconductors, and deep-tech innovation, but most remain too small to materially influence capital allocation decisions over much of this decade."

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Maddie’s egg allocation amounted to one per week.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

That “passive autopilot” function means investors tend to stick with those allocations, even when bonds start looking more attractive, Bassman said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

The increases were directed at passenger vehicles filling up beyond their allocated quotas and come after Tehran already cut the monthly subsidized allocations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

The March cup meeting was the first time Celtic supporters have been given the full Broomloan Road Stand allocation at Ibrox since away allocations were reduced to fewer than 1,000 in 2018.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

The accounting rules give companies one year to adjust their purchase-price allocations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Shift schedules, fund allocations, project juggling, out-and-out looting of other projects . . . he'd never pulled so many stunts in his life.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir


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