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as in subsidy
a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action
recognizing the importance of the arts in the health of a city, the council increased the allocation for the city's annual jazz festival
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as in distribution
the act or process of giving out something to each member of a group
the allocation of Halloween candy became my job when I was too old to go trick-or-treating myself
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Recent Examples of allocation
Instead of adding to the debt, Giltner said that opting to pay down the debt would be a better allocation of tax dollars.
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Jake Angelo, Fortune, 3 May 2026
For all intents and purposes, the rookie allocation increases as the salary cap increases.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Metal allocation Scorpion species use their pincers and stingers in different ways.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
The result is a 770-page workforce allocation study released in March, offering a detailed look at how the Chicago Police Department is using its personnel.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Interview allocation is a program-level decision driven by academic performance, clinical excellence, research productivity, and program-specific priorities.
—Sarah Mohiuddin, STAT, 30 Apr. 2026
Other general fund reductions include eliminating more than $945,000 in county contracts, about $850,000 in extra help budgets, roughly $660,000 in salary allocations, about $635,000 in revenue enhancements and about $575,000 in service and supply costs.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
In the intervening decades, the West Bank’s population has surged yet water allocations to Palestinians have not changed.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
But with the recent tax credit allocation, DreamWorks will hire about 100 people in California for its upcoming untitled film.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Jake Angelo, Fortune, 3 May 2026
For all intents and purposes, the rookie allocation increases as the salary cap increases.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Metal allocation Scorpion species use their pincers and stingers in different ways.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
The result is a 770-page workforce allocation study released in March, offering a detailed look at how the Chicago Police Department is using its personnel.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Interview allocation is a program-level decision driven by academic performance, clinical excellence, research productivity, and program-specific priorities.
—Sarah Mohiuddin, STAT, 30 Apr. 2026
Other general fund reductions include eliminating more than $945,000 in county contracts, about $850,000 in extra help budgets, roughly $660,000 in salary allocations, about $635,000 in revenue enhancements and about $575,000 in service and supply costs.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
In the intervening decades, the West Bank’s population has surged yet water allocations to Palestinians have not changed.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
But with the recent tax credit allocation, DreamWorks will hire about 100 people in California for its upcoming untitled film.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for allocation
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Last December, Temu owner PDD Holdings—a multinational commerce group domiciled in the Cayman Islands and registered in Ireland that’s better known as Pinduoduo—had two of its global facilities raided by European Union regulators over worries over possible Chinese state subsidies.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
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Demand for EVs in China is slowing after the government trimmed consumer subsidies and perks, and there’s no end in sight to a brutal price war as a crowded field of EV rivals jostle to outperform and undercut one another.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
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The steering wheel can monitor and adjust everything from how much brake pressure each tire receives to the differential, which is how much torque distribution goes to the tires.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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The distribution deal was negotiated between Sony Pictures Classics and UTA Independent Film Group acting for the filmmakers.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
1 May 2026
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Several of these PACs are affiliated with an organization called Public First, which received a grant of twenty million dollars from Anthropic.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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The state counterpart to the National Institutes of Health would fund grants and programs for research in biomedicine, climate, wildfire, and infectious disease, among other areas.—
Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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The Treat a Stranger Grant will be an annual program for which an allotment of money will be distributed however the selection jury sees fit—to a group of artists, one artist, or through other arrangements.—
Andy Battaglia,
ARTnews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Amid that frenzy, Gala Games sold the initial allotment of 4,661 NFT plots of Legacy land within days of first putting them up for public sale.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
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Republicans circled back on the two-pronged plan to fund immigration agencies through reconciliation and the rest of DHS through the traditional appropriations process.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The lapse in appropriations left thousands of DHS staffers working without pay for weeks, including TSA officers.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Allocation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allocation. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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