allocate
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As for the Port of Los Angeles, the amendment would require the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners to annually allocate a portion of the harbor’s operating income to investments in waterfront public access projects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
To calculate an investor’s multiple, we allocate benefits according to ownership and divide by the amount invested.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Overall, the results showed that MTCH2 is a powerful regulator of how cells allocate nutrients between energy production and other biological needs.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
The chancellor plans to allocate the money for a full feasibility study on the possibility for a bid for a "Northern Games".
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
“We have the ability to allocate the job to the person who knows the area best.”
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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Where BP allocates spending across its upstream portfolio and an update on its Brazilian exploration efforts will also be in focus, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
France's online platform that allocates places in higher education, Parcoursup, is another sore point.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
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
County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to approve a motion to hire a consultant to reevaluate how it allocates funds collected via a property tax instituted by Measure B, a 2002 ballot initiative.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The more commodified and restricted our access to information, the less efficient the operation of the market, the more poorly it allocates resources in our society.
From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle
This frequency is internationally allocated for industrial, scientific, and medical applications.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
It allocated $55 billion to goodwill, representing the difference between the purchase price and the CNN owner’s net identifiable assets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Tenney, of the Putnam County Development Authority, was one of local officials who spoke out against earlier versions of the law that allocated nothing to local governments.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Jails: In 2020, 57% of county voters approved Measure J. This mandated that at least 10% of locally generated, unrestricted revenue be allocated to incarceration alternatives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
We wanted to spend every minute of the half hour Papa allocated to uniform washing.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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The municipality, he alleged, was increasingly allocating public buildings and resources to the ultra-Orthodox community.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
The motion calls for allocating millions of dollars annually to fully fund nine county-run self-help legal centers that assist people navigating the restraining order process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Before allocating any cash to pop-culture prediction markets or other event contracts, you need to make sure your finances are in order — and that you only play with money you’re comfortable putting at risk.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
The district is allocating more than 200,000 square feet of office space and establishing a nearly $150 million fund for these projects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 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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