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allocate

[al-uh-keyt] / ˈæl əˌkeɪt /


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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

They aren’t necessarily high income, but they allocate a large portion of their disposable income to buying clothing, executives said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 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

That is a problem in many organizations, but the stakes are higher at OpenAI and other frontier labs, where the central issue is how to spend and allocate scarce computing capacity between projects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

These people whose job it was to allocate capital apparently didn’t even know how to manage their own.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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