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That is a significant amount—enough to cover many college expenses, make a sizable down payment on a first home, or fund an entrepreneurial venture, all of which qualify as allowable expenses.
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Noreen Sugrue, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
How exactly that level of allowable loss was arrived at remains unclear.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 June 2025
Traditionally, a few large segments of the state budget grow far faster than household income or inflation, gobbling up all allowable spending growth and leaving other programs to stand pat or lose funding.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
Newsom said in a court filing on Thursday that troops had moved beyond those allowable duties to actively assist ICE agents in making arrests, in violation of a federal law known as the Posse Comitatus Act, which is designed to prevent the military from being used as a domestic police force.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025
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Noreen Sugrue, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
How exactly that level of allowable loss was arrived at remains unclear.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 June 2025
Traditionally, a few large segments of the state budget grow far faster than household income or inflation, gobbling up all allowable spending growth and leaving other programs to stand pat or lose funding.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
Newsom said in a court filing on Thursday that troops had moved beyond those allowable duties to actively assist ICE agents in making arrests, in violation of a federal law known as the Posse Comitatus Act, which is designed to prevent the military from being used as a domestic police force.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025
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“Allowable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/allowable. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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