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
Many school districts in Michigan are already approaching the maximum number of days allotted by the state to cancel classes.
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Terell Bailey, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
Both state prosecutors and Busfield's defense were allotted an hour each to present their arguments for and against his continued detention, respectively.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 21 Jan. 2026
The city found the $12 million allotted for that was not being fully drawn down this year.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Both Democrats on the court, Commissioners Roderick Miles and Alisa Simmons, voted against giving Public Interest Legal Foundation more than the $250,000 the original contract allotted for.
—Rachel Royster
january 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2026
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Terell Bailey, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
Both state prosecutors and Busfield's defense were allotted an hour each to present their arguments for and against his continued detention, respectively.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 21 Jan. 2026
The city found the $12 million allotted for that was not being fully drawn down this year.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Both Democrats on the court, Commissioners Roderick Miles and Alisa Simmons, voted against giving Public Interest Legal Foundation more than the $250,000 the original contract allotted for.
—Rachel Royster
january 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2026
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding had been allocated to disease control programs in all four states, though California Atty.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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By 2036, mandatory outlays such as Social Security and major health care programs such as Medicaid and Medicare will total more than $7 trillion, vying for the majority of the government’s funding before discretionary spending can be allocated.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Then again, Newsom signed SB132, the law that allowed an inmate who was assigned male at birth and serving 25 years to life for violent offenses, Tremaine Carroll, to transfer to a women’s prison, in which Carroll is alleged to have raped two female inmates.—
Bret Stephens,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Slotkin said her farm in Michigan received a bomb threat, her brother was assigned a police detail due to threats and her parents were swatted in the middle of the night.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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The Logical Pictures Group said that the deal strengthened its historic links with Gondry and his longtime producer Georges Bermann at Partizan, forged by The Jokers Films, which distributed the director’s 2023 drama The Book of solutions and Maya Give Me A Title.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
9 Feb. 2026
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The handouts are intended to be distributed in recreational areas such as parks, nature preserves and hiking trails.—
Kevinisha Walker,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Allot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allot. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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