allocate
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The cuts are part of Donohue’s strategy to allocate resources to its core, which includes index options, futures, foreign-exchange markets, and U.S. and European stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
As a result, low- and middle-income households, who allocate a greater proportion of their income to essentials such as food, housing, or energy, are underweighted.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026
The president’s budget request is an ask to Congress, which ultimately holds the power to allocate funding.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
In March, the company announced it would be shutting down its Sora video platform — a decision which raised questions over OpenAI’s strategy for how to allocate limited compute to its offerings.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
The financial markets paid a lot of people extremely well for narrow expertise and a few people, poorly, for the big, global views you needed to have if you were to allocate capital across markets.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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