How to Use unallocated in a Sentence
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In at least one case, child pornography was gleaned from unallocated space on the drive.
—Michael Harriot, The Root, 7 Mar. 2018
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School systems are allowed to have an unallocated reserve of no more than 10%.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
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When the unallocated reserve grows higher than 10%, the money must be returned to the state.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
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Money for the program will come from the district’s unallocated reserve fund balance, adding to $6 million already being pulled from savings next year to keep class sizes stable.
—Matt Tunseth, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Feb. 2020
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The funds from the settlement are going into the district’s unallocated capital reserves.
—Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2022
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The five plants mentioned in GM’s announcement are supposed to be unallocated in 2019.
—Aditi Shrikant, Vox, 26 Nov. 2018
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Ultimately, the $900 million wasn’t included, but hundreds of millions in unallocated funding that could wind up going to the project did make it in.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 22 Mar. 2018
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The unallocated Lordstown plant is just off Highway 80, impossible to miss even at 70 mph.
—Sarah Jaffe, The New Republic, 24 June 2019
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Supporters who have combed through the numbers are far more concerned about how 40% of the department’s expenses were unallocated — not attributed to specific teams.
—Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 8 Sep. 2020
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The mayor did not rule out directing more of the city's unallocated ARPA funding towards reckless driving reduction.
—Isaac Yu, Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2022
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The commission plans to distribute another $608 million in unallocated relief funds in the coming months, according to a spokesperson.
—Ricardo Cano, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 July 2021
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In the immediate aftermath of the fire, it was estimated that the plan would require $5 million – an amount the organisation did not have available or otherwise unallocated.
—Bella Webb, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2025
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Over $2 billion of its commitment to Gary Works remains unallocated, enough to begin the clean steelmaking transition this community has earned.
—John E. Jackson Sr, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
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Prosecutors said that the Geek Squad technician who searched the unallocated space was merely trying to recover all the data Rettenmaier had asked to be restored.
—Tom Jackman, Orange County Register, 10 Jan. 2017
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The proposal would use funds from the county's unallocated contingency balance to support residents on SNAP.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
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Under a new estimate released Thursday, the state may have close to $70 billion by next summer in unallocated, discretionary funds — and that’s after setting aside revenues earmarked for public schools and the state’s main cash reserve.
—John Myers, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2022
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Hagan’s memo identified money that exceeded the tax’s projections, reallocated sports complex dollars or unallocated tax funds as potentially viable for the Rays.
—Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026
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About $130 billion remains in unallocated PPP funding since the program expired last month, but lawmakers have yet to come to terms on how it should be used for additional small-business relief.
—Yuka Hayashi, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2020
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Rounds told reporters after the meeting that Vought has agreed to redirect unallocated funding in the Interior Department to help radio stations broadcasting to tribal lands.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 15 July 2025
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Matt McNally, a spokesperson for Hardesty’s office, said the money wasn’t earmarked for anything else, but Hardesty’s office noticed the unallocated funds when going over the budget and put them to use.
—oregonlive, 5 Nov. 2021
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Thompson immediately stopped collecting jail fees as a response, and refused to reinstate the fees until the board allowed the unallocated 40% to be under the sheriff’s control for the shooting range, according to the lawsuit.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2024
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City leaders have said they are focused on workforce development for the over $60 million in ARP money that remains unallocated and hope to determine where that money will go by the end of November.
—Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 10 June 2022
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The commission is projected to have more than $5 million in unallocated money at the start of the year, said Jennifer Walker, vice president of finance for Experience Fayetteville.
—Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 21 Dec. 2021
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Currently, that’s split up as $59,037 for administrative costs, $88,555 for community housing development organizations, $72,000 for rental subsidies and $370,777 in an unallocated housing fund for first-time homebuyers and affordable housing development.
—Stacy Brandt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
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