appropriated

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More than $100 million in congressionally appropriated funds awarded to scholars, writers, archivists, and researchers across the country was snatched up in three days.

From Slate • May 14, 2026

“It is practically impossible that the development, promulgation, communication, and implementation of this policy has been, and will be, accomplished — as required — without using a single dollar of annually appropriated funds,” they wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026

Any funds would have to be appropriated by Congress, and acquiring Greenland by treaty would require support from two-thirds of the Senate - which experts say would be difficult to secure.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

Congress appropriated $42 billion in the 2021 infrastructure bill for states to expand broadband to “unserved” and rural communities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

Each evening he appropriated the boy’s scanty wages doled out by Pai at the close of every long day.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw