allocation
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All the executive parties maintain that the allocation does not go far enough.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
During a five-year drought that ended in 1992, the San Diego County Water Authority lost a third of its allocation, which came almost entirely from imported shipments.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
"Iran's geographic scale and military capabilities mean that sustaining such an operation would demand substantial and prolonged allocation of American resources."
From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026
That’s a small fraction of what’s needed, MSF said in its letter, given that “this allocation is capped, demand far exceeds supply, and every dose directed to MSF is a dose unavailable to another program.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
None had their complete allocation of walls and ceilings.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Vocabulary lists containing allocation
Dwight D. Eisenhower, "The Military-Industrial Complex" (1961)
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