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
Open daily for dinner (two hours allotted per party), with lunch service added on Sundays.
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Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 2 June 2026
More resources should be allotted for staff to respond to requests for corrections.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
Kraft Sports + Entertainment COO Jim Nolan said the stadium will be able to add to the 5,000 parking spaces currently allotted for World Cup attendees, and also noted that independent lots along Route 1 will account for another 5,000 spots.
—Neal Riley, CBS News, 26 May 2026
Landry is asking for an additional $82 million for next year’s corrections budget — 11% more than currently allotted.
—Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 22 May 2026
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Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 2 June 2026
More resources should be allotted for staff to respond to requests for corrections.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
Kraft Sports + Entertainment COO Jim Nolan said the stadium will be able to add to the 5,000 parking spaces currently allotted for World Cup attendees, and also noted that independent lots along Route 1 will account for another 5,000 spots.
—Neal Riley, CBS News, 26 May 2026
Landry is asking for an additional $82 million for next year’s corrections budget — 11% more than currently allotted.
—Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allot
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SpaceX is allocating 30% of the IPO shares to retail investors, far above the typical 5% to 10% allocation.—
Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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What matters now is how supply chains allocate that burden so it isn’t borne by those with the least leverage—workers most of all.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
10 June 2026
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That is the category assigned to a host of footballing nations, including Haiti, Panama and newcomers Curaçao and Cape Verde, by the San Francisco Chronicle ahead of the men’s 2026 World Cup.—
Rebekah Evans,
TheWeek,
11 June 2026
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The interns sitting in the audience that day were going to be deployed to various departments, assigned different roles and asked to complete a huge variety of tasks.—
Chris Perry,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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It is also being distributed internationally and has been translated into French, Spanish, German and three Greenlandic dialects.—
Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2026
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The cheese was likely repackaged, relabeled, and distributed further than locations currently tracked by the FDA.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
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“Allot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allot. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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