allotment
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The U.S. has drawn 66 million barrels from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve since late March, on track to potentially exhaust its 172-million-barrel allotment in September.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Communal washing machines line the utility room, bills are divided so each adult pays £115 a month and the storeroom is stocked with canned vegetables from the allotment.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
The King is visiting Ards Allotments, which was founded by Maurice Patton after watching him visit an allotment on the news more than 20 years ago.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
Because this money was allocated directly to the resident-funded landslide abatement districts, the city won’t directly benefit from this allotment.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
I stand in it for the full five-minute allotment.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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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
However, Criw Compostio run sessions for households who want to improve the composting they do at home or to improve composting at allotments.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
The 1922 agreement granted roughly equal allotments from the river.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
"Mother says she wanted the whole court to preview our new line of scents, just in time for the queen's presentation of toilette-box allotments for the new year."
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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