How to Use appropriation in a Sentence

appropriation

noun

• The economy has been weakened by the appropriation of the country's resources by corrupt officials.
• And so this would have to be money that would be an appropriation.
  — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
• There is an appropriations process to do that.
  — NBC news, 5 Apr. 2026
• The appropriation still hasn’t happened, and that can still be done.
  — Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com, 27 July 2021
• Schumer says his focus over the next few weeks will be to pass a five-bill appropriations package.
  — Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 5 Jan. 2026
• That’s not what ended up in the appropriations bill.
  — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
• The House will vote on two more of the 12 full-year appropriations bills.
  — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 14 Jan. 2026
• Genre appropriation could be the way to keep Saw going should enough folks show up at theaters.
  — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 12 May 2021
• That’s why the issue of cultural appropriation rings false for so many of us.
  — Chelsey Luger, SELF, 30 Nov. 2022
• Her last attempt died in appropriations last year.
  — Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2026
• The bills now go to the upper chamber, where senators will have to pass six appropriations bills next week.
  — Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 22 Jan. 2026
• The appropriation of funds should have a return on investment attached to the use of funds.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 8 June 2022
• But buying the right stuff isn’t a long-lasting cure for the disease that appropriation signals.
  — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 May 2021
• Votes on some parts of the budget were postponed, and those appropriations are set to run out on Friday.
  — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
• Democrats want to fund the appropriations, the spending bills all the way through 2026.
  — Eric Fayeulle, ABC News, 4 Jan. 2026
• Democrats want to fund the appropriations, the spending bills, all the way through 2026.
  — ABC News, 4 Jan. 2026
• That said, both Painter and Brown said the airport video likely flies in the face of appropriations law.
  — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
• The appropriations bill will advance to the Senate floor, but it's not yet scheduled.
  — Worth Sparkman, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
• There is a conference committee on many of the appropriations bills right now.
  — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
• The $1 million is not a new appropriation.
  — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2026
• How come we're not held accountable to have – to have the appropriation bills done at a certain time before the end of the fiscal year?
  — NBC News, 22 Jan. 2023
• This is not the first time Mexico has accused brands of appropriation.
  — Megan C. Hills, CNN, 31 May 2021
• The singer was quickly accused of cultural appropriation by some users for the hairstyle and top.
  — Amir Vera, CNN, 31 Aug. 2020
• And this year, many of the key budget decisions will be made outside the formal appropriations process.
  — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
• Due to the lapse in appropriations, this mailbox is not being monitored.
  — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
• The chamber labored to get to a final vote just hours before the midnight deadline for the first set of appropriations bills.
  — Kevin Freking, Quartz, 9 Mar. 2024
• Samp is the main point of contact for all budget and appropriations policy for Thune.
  — Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 18 Sep. 2025
• The first is the passage of a budget that lays out the plans for how to spend money, and the second is the actual appropriation of the funds.
  — ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
• Under current law, funding for public schools is mixed up in the same appropriation with money sent to private schools and home schools.
  — Don Gaetz, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
• The dress did not raise flags for cultural appropriation at the time, but today, the response may be different.
  — Indya Brown, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2022