1
as in to allot
to give as a share or portion
not enough computers to allocate one to every student
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as in to distribute
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals
allocated the housework in such a way that the older kids got more than the younger ones
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as in to dedicate
to keep or intend for a special purpose
sliced the strawberries after first allocating all the nicest ones for the top of the cake
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Recent Examples of allocate
Teams are more settled, and roles are better allocated.
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Sam Vecenie, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
The federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which subsidizes utility costs for qualifying households, was allocated $3.7 billion as part of an appropriations bill President Joe Biden signed in September.
—J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2025
Yet political disagreements have prevented Congress from modernizing the 1965 legislation, allocating appropriate resources, and correcting this disconnect.
—Amy Pope, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
The ability to identify potentially dangerous individuals swiftly allows border agencies to allocate resources more effectively, preventing human errors and ensuring the integrity of the immigration process.
—Kevin Cohen, New York Daily News, 31 Dec. 2024
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Sam Vecenie, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
The federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which subsidizes utility costs for qualifying households, was allocated $3.7 billion as part of an appropriations bill President Joe Biden signed in September.
—J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2025
Yet political disagreements have prevented Congress from modernizing the 1965 legislation, allocating appropriate resources, and correcting this disconnect.
—Amy Pope, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
The ability to identify potentially dangerous individuals swiftly allows border agencies to allocate resources more effectively, preventing human errors and ensuring the integrity of the immigration process.
—Kevin Cohen, New York Daily News, 31 Dec. 2024
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About $6 billion of grant funding has been allotted to the project, which will take up around 6,500 square feet of the high school, according to Callender.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
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Because there are generally more applicants than visas available, visas are allotted by a lottery conducted after preapplications are filed in April, six months before the start of the fiscal year.—
Rafael Bernal,
The Hill,
30 Dec. 2024
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Volunteers distribute water and other supplies at the Westwood Recreation Center on Thursday.—
Angela Yang,
NBC News,
10 Jan. 2025
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Worldwide, Monday Night Raw pulled in 4.9 million views (measured as total viewing hours divided by run time) Monday and Tuesday in the territories where Netflix distributes it, including Canada, the U.K., Latin American countries and Australia.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Jan. 2025
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The village dedicated a new police station as part of the Public Safety Campus in 2018.—
Linda Girardi,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2025
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Homeless advocates, in fact, debate whether the organizations that dedicate money, resources and volunteers to bring food and such may be doing more harm than good.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
13 Jan. 2025
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In the aftermath of the crypto ball that was organized by David Sacks, and the label of the first crypto President being assigned to Trump the expectations for proactive and forward looking action are quite high.—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Since the Voluntary Resolution Agreement did not assign liability for the flooding, the responsibility for finding government funds to fix the flood damage has largely fallen to the Shiloh community members.—
Jared Kofsky,
ABC News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Scanning a new Wikipedia tab can feel like turning on a faucet, using a resource that has seemingly always been there and dispensed evenly, almost magically, from the Internet pipes.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
16 Jan. 2025
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The nation’s three largest PBMs – CVS Health’s Caremark, Cigna’s Express Scripts and UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Rx – inflated the prices of drugs dispensed at their affiliated pharmacies by hundreds or even thousands of percent, the agency found.—
Tami Luhby,
CNN,
14 Jan. 2025
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Hoppus has survived a terrifying health ordeal, and is ready to devote himself full-time to music.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
12 Jan. 2025
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Science — to which Mann is supposed to be devoted — inevitably involves disagreement.—
The Editors,
National Review,
10 Jan. 2025
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As a group, HQ Portfolio stocks provided better returns with less risk versus the benchmark index; less of a roller-coaster ride as evident in HQ Portfolio performance metrics.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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The Grammys must be held in a major venue of that size because ticket sales provide an enormous percentage of its annual revenue, along with the network TV broadcast — which will be CBS until 2027, when Disney takes over.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
14 Jan. 2025
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That organization may no longer need six SaaS solutions to onboard employees, saving them time and money all while improving their efficiency.—
Amit Mathradas,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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But there’s a catch: Their lending capacity is limited by what members can save.—
Danice Brown Guzmán,
The Conversation,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Allocate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allocate. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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