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allocate

[al-uh-keyt] / ˈæl əˌkeɪt /


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

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

“As we think about technology across all of our portfolios…one of the things that really stand out for us is how we allocate tokens and budgets to each of those strategies,” Swarup said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

That means you’d need to allocate about $11 a day to pay off your credit card.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

Washington, meanwhile, has announced plans to allocate $1 billion toward Colombia's security.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

Nor would he allocate good land to one man every year and bad land to another; rather, he would share these good things amongst all the people who lived over in that place.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith

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

The program allocates $750 million annually in film and TV tax breaks.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

Situational attracted an investment from Jane Street, the big quant-trading firm that rarely allocates capital to outside money managers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 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

Navarre said the department had allocated 76 units and 250 personnel to the fire.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

The increases were directed at passenger vehicles filling up beyond their allocated quotas and come after Tehran already cut the monthly subsidized allocations.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Mills pointed to polices such as control areas for the number of short-term lets and an ongoing review of how key workers are allocated council housing.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

A second officer subsequently allocated to the case did not get any further statements, and neither officer listened to a recording of an allegedly threatening voice message sent by Creswell, the Ombudsman said.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

Those who contracted MDR were left to die—as humanely as possible, because the foundation provided money for hospice care—but why, Farmer wondered, couldn’t some money be allocated to MDR?

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

Unhappy with the US-government run September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, Charles successfully pressured the authorities into allocating funds more fairly and to more people.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

Even a small discrepancy can require the account custodian to apply its own procedures for allocating any remaining amount.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 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

Samsung said it is implementing its three-year shareholder return policy, which commits to allocating 50% of its free cash flow to shareholder returns.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

The underlying reason why this transition was piecemeal is that food production systems evolved as a result of the accumulation of many separate decisions about allocating time and effort.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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