as in to allocate
to give as a share or portion
each speaker was allotted five minutes to present his or her opinion in the debate
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Recent Examples of allot
One problem is that Chula Vista has now issued all of the permits that were initially allotted, although some licenses could be revoked or the city could opt to increase the number of licenses.
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Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
Marshall says that her role on the show allotted her the opportunity to infuse a Black designer into the costume design.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 9 Feb. 2025
The Grammys have also allotted ad time to be used by local businesses affected by the fires.
—Maria Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Priorities, Politics And The MBA The question is whether the FT rankings criteria and relative weight allotted to those criteria—by applicants or by the FT—may change in light of shifting interests.
—Dr. Marlena Corcoran, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
Marshall says that her role on the show allotted her the opportunity to infuse a Black designer into the costume design.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 9 Feb. 2025
The Grammys have also allotted ad time to be used by local businesses affected by the fires.
—Maria Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Priorities, Politics And The MBA The question is whether the FT rankings criteria and relative weight allotted to those criteria—by applicants or by the FT—may change in light of shifting interests.
—Dr. Marlena Corcoran, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allot
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Several nonprofits have lost millions in government contracts allocated to assist new arrivals.—
Tazreena Sajjad,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2025
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Assigning 70% weight to sales contribution while allocating the remaining 30% equally to sales velocity and profitability is a deliberate choice that challenges the default focus on revenue alone.—
Aziz Jafri,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Everybody plays numerous parts, assigned without regard to gender (there’s even a cameo for Fleming), but the anchors are Cumming’s Cholmondeley, the nerd who came up the audacious idea, and Hodgson’s Montagu, the operation’s main manager and salesman.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2025
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If participants could not be clearly assigned to one type of diet, they were excluded.—
Anna Bader,
Glamour,
20 Mar. 2025
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The measurement of how much the company distributes is known as the dividend yield, found by dividing the annual payout by the share price.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
10 Mar. 2025
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This account is based on interviews with 12 people with knowledge of developments at the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which is the federal agency that oversees all these international broadcasters and distributes money to them.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Allot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allot. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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