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allotment

[uh-lot-muhnt] / əˈlɒt mənt /


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State leaders noted that under the plan, Nevada’s annual allotment of 300,000 acre-feet could be slashed to as little as 86,500 acre-feet, which they said would be devastating for Las Vegas and surrounding cities.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

"People are also fascinated with our little walled allotment, I call that my mini woodland," she said.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Naver will issue 7.2 million new shares at 204,500 won each through a third-party allotment, with Nvidia as the sole subscriber.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

When you add the ticket allotment for the three scheduled matches, roughly 18,854 tickets were revoked.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

It had seemed awfully convenient that an entrance to the drive-in was at the edge of my grandpa’s old allotment land.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

If reservoir levels continue to fall, it allows for larger mandatory water cuts of up to 3 million acre-feet per year in California, Arizona and Nevada — as much as 40% of the combined allotments.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

The 10-year federal framework will enable much larger cutbacks if deemed necessary in future years — as much as 40% of the combined allotments of California, Arizona and Nevada.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Several councils, including Hounslow, Southwark and Hackney, have already introduced the policy to turn wasteland into allotments, community gardens and orchards.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Chip makers and cloud-computing purveyors have described the demand for their offerings as effectively limitless, with heads of the AI model companies bemoaning capacity constraints and tussling over chip allotments.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

It's full of speculation about the queen's toilette-box allotments and new beauty laws.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton




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