- plural of appropriation.
appropriations
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The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 protects lawmakers’ decisions against presidential efforts to ignore congressional appropriations.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026
Navatek targeted the powerful members who sat on the House and Senate appropriations committees.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Federal appropriations for the Kennedy Center cover operations, maintenance and other campus expenses, while the institution’s employee payroll and lineup of artistic programming is funded separately through ticketing, fundraising and other non-federal revenues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Lawmakers did put money toward new cool beds in the last supplemental appropriations bill.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
The statements made by Department witnesses seeking appropriations were not in accord with those contained in key publications of the Agriculture Department.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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