allocate
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They also recommend that retail investors allocate only a small percentage of their equity portfolio in emerging-markets ETFs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The program opens up for applications this week and could allocate up to $12,500 for households of 1-2 people and up to $19,000 for households with five or more members.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Global shipping is interconnected, and as companies try to keep routes to Europe supplied, they may allocate fewer ships to other, less traveled routes.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026
The order, which relied upon the Cold War-era Defense Production Act, directed Sable to prioritize and allocate pipeline-transportation services to pump oil through the system.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
“We have the ability to allocate the job to the person who knows the area best.”
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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