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allocate

[al-uh-kayt] / ˈæl əˌkeɪt /


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It also would authorize the state to enter a partnership with an immunology and immunotherapy research institute selected by the California Department of Public Health and allocate half of the bond revenue to it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

They allocate about $80,000 for taxes and $40,000 for travel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

While the fund can be aggressive in making changes when called upon to do so, it’s also disciplined in following its quantitative process to select stocks, buy and sell them, and allocate its portfolio weighting.

From MarketWatch ● 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

Aggregate data can help identify broad trends and inform how the commission allocates its enforcement resources.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

The program allocates $135 million to provide incentives, with participating automakers matching the funds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

She allocates an hour a day for gaming which her boys enjoy, and then fills the rest of the time with playing, reading or writing.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

It allocates natural resources, and controls the issue of credit.

From Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann

The fourth spot is allocated via a play-off between the winners of the remaining two leagues.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Its lawsuit therefore takes a position not merely on local environmental harms, but on how responsibility for an international problem should be allocated among American companies, foreign companies and foreign nations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 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

The state had allocated the house to Evelyn and me because we were no longer just two, but three.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

“Managements and boards are in the business of allocating the capital entrusted to them by shareholders,” Colas wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 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

Weibo is boosting its video-content strategy and allocating more resources to AI to drive long-term user engagement, they add, noting the movesappear strategically sound but could pressure profitability, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

All that was clear was that the profits to be had from smart people making complicated bets overwhelmed anything that could be had from servicing customers, or allocating capital to productive enterprise.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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