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allocation

[al-uh-key-shuhn] / ˌæl əˈkeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
distribution
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STRONG


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That £27.4m is being spent via Stormont departments, with the biggest allocation of £13m going to the Department for the Economy.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Under the updated rules, associations budgeting less than 15% can still qualify if a reserve study supports it—provided the budget includes the study’s highest recommended reserve allocation.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

NDR’s asset-allocation model recommends a 70% allocation to stocks, 20% to bonds and 10% to cash, which compares with benchmark weights of 55%, 35% and 10%, respectively.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

Cedars-Sinai spokeswoman Sally Stewart added in an emailed statement that “changing the allocation formula risks undermining the system that Measure B was designed to protect and sustain.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

Maddie’s egg allocation amounted to one per week.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

StubHub said tickets can legitimately enter the secondary market early through presales or authorized partner allocations.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Ares’s alternative credit strategy focuses on asset-based finance, a fast-growing area of private credit that has attracted sizable capital allocations from investors.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

But the fund also has sizable allocations to the industrial and consumer discretionary sectors, with 30% of its assets in those two sectors.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

The $48 billion BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio Fund has sizable allocations to mortgage securities—agency and nonagency—and non-U.S. debt.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

During that same period, DEA antidrug spending grew from $86 to $1,026 million, and FBI antidrug allocations grew from $38 to $181 million.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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