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as in subsidies
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 distributions
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 allocations
The same shift is happening with high-net-worth individuals, increasingly professionalizing their allocations.
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Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Instead of suggesting steps, the system executes trades in real time, sets stop-loss orders, and updates allocations autonomously.
—Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
However, across every asset class, more family offices planned to increase their allocations rather than decrease.
—Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
Chad Bauman, executive director at Milwaukee Repertory Theater, urged the committee to reject the funding allocations in the hopes of obtaining more money for the theater company.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Alterations to production line arrangements, employee skill development, and pipeline software modifications necessitate extra budget allocations and time resources.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
The Arizona Legislature opened the door for developers to use more groundwater in the Phoenix exurbs by taking over farmers' allocations.
—Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Deadline had exclusively reported last week that more allocations were on the way after a round in June, when Dan Fogelman and Ryan Murphy collectively snapped up nearly $40 million in funding.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
As reported last week, Davis’ duties will include overseeing roster management, financial allocations and recruitment as well as being the program’s liaison for NIL partnerships.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Instead of suggesting steps, the system executes trades in real time, sets stop-loss orders, and updates allocations autonomously.
—Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
However, across every asset class, more family offices planned to increase their allocations rather than decrease.
—Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
Chad Bauman, executive director at Milwaukee Repertory Theater, urged the committee to reject the funding allocations in the hopes of obtaining more money for the theater company.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Alterations to production line arrangements, employee skill development, and pipeline software modifications necessitate extra budget allocations and time resources.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
The Arizona Legislature opened the door for developers to use more groundwater in the Phoenix exurbs by taking over farmers' allocations.
—Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Deadline had exclusively reported last week that more allocations were on the way after a round in June, when Dan Fogelman and Ryan Murphy collectively snapped up nearly $40 million in funding.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
As reported last week, Davis’ duties will include overseeing roster management, financial allocations and recruitment as well as being the program’s liaison for NIL partnerships.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for allocations
Noun
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The enhanced subsidies simply hide this glaring problem—at outrageous cost to taxpayers.—
Sally Pipes,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The analysts said that this was likely driven by Apple's price cut to the model versus the iPhone 16 base, and additional subsidies from the Chinese government.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
15 Sep. 2025
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Now, the union appears to be saying that the larger pool of performers that will receive distributions from the fund are non-principal performers on those successful streaming shows.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Sep. 2025
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Smart contracts manage distributions and shareholder rights.—
Charles Morey,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Attack on vaccines For instance, last month, Kennedy canceled nearly $500 million in grants that supported developing mRNA vaccines to prevent the next pandemic.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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The public media funding model was designed as a three-legged stool, with federal funding distributed by CPB, leveraged many times over by state and other grants, and viewer and listener contributions.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2025
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All of the killings happened within 7 miles across two grazing allotments, and range riders and shepherds reported hearing wolf cries in the area on several occasions.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
6 Sep. 2025
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But as adults across the country reexamine their own daily protein allotments, many are also wondering if the same should be done for their children.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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Even when TCUs receive federal appropriations, per-student funding levels lag far behind national averages.—
Marybeth Gasman,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Georgia firebrand, who has been insistent that the United States stay out of affairs abroad, has attempted similar amendments to both the NDAA and appropriations bills in past years and recently, with no success.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Allocations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allocations. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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