allocate
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Board of Harbor Commissioners allocate a portion of its operating income from the Port of Los Angeles to investments in waterfront public access projects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 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
This week, Quentin Fottrell — The Moneyist — attempted to mediate a dispute between a married couple, over how to allocate their cash: Should they pay down debt, or invest?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Wall Street’s essential function was to allocate capital: to decide who should get it and who should not.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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And as SpaceX allocates satellite-launch services for its own use, a launch bottleneck is gripping the wider industry and could hamper AST SpaceMobile’s ability to send satellites into space.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
France's online platform that allocates places in higher education, Parcoursup, is another sore point.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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
Wall Street veterans were surprised that Aschenbrenner also was able to attract investment from Jane Street, a firm that rarely allocates capital to outside managers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
It allocates natural resources, and controls the issue of credit.
From Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann
This frequency is internationally allocated for industrial, scientific, and medical applications.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 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
Institutional investors’ bids eclipsed the shares allocated to them by 70 times.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
The housemen also resupplied the ground soldiers if they sold their allocated amount.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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Keep it as an emergency reserve and work on allocating some of your monthly cash flow toward your debt.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 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
When it came to allocating the homes, NIHE's points-based system was used in conjunction with a local Rathlin lettings policy which included having a connection to the island.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 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
He hated allocating jobs, he wished he never had to depend on other people to perform some of the services necessary in his work.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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