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allocate

[al-uh-kayt] / ˈæl əˌkeɪt /


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

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

It also made drastic changes to the formula used to allocate funds, with more money directed towards areas assessed as having higher levels of need and less ability to raise income locally through council tax.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

“We are being disciplined in how we allocate our scarce cloud capacity,” Agrawal says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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

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 was seen as a coup when Situational attracted institutional investors including quant trading firm Jane Street, which ranks among Wall Street’s most profitable firms and rarely allocates capital to outside managers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

They include the expansion of the World Cup to 48 teams, the growth in commercial and broadcast revenue Fifa has overseen, and a programme which allocates millions in funding directly to member countries every year.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Sometimes it fixes prices, allocates the surplus or distributes the loss.

From Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann

The 23 elephants were allocated in eight districts across the country.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 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

Records show the Senate allocated at least $10 million that year based on Navatek’s proposals.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

The housemen also resupplied the ground soldiers if they sold their allocated amount.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

Twenty-two Wall Street banks collected $500 million in fees for underwriting, marketing and allocating shares in the SpaceX IPO, which priced the stock at $135 and raised $75 billion, a regulatory filing shows.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 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

"That they are still allocating wildcards for them says something to their intrinsic value to the tournaments."

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Samsung said it is implementing its three-year shareholder return policy, which commits to allocating 50% of its free cash flow to shareholder returns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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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