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as in subsidies
a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action
the library budget was reduced, while allotments for city officials' travel expenses were increased
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as in portions
something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group
every kindergartner received colored paper, scissors, and an allotment of paste to make paper chains
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as in allocations
the act or process of giving out something to each member of a group
the allotment of exhibition space at the annual trade show is always fraught with politics and infighting
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Recent Examples of allotments
New work requirements add another hurdle for federal food assistance recipients after the end of pandemic-era emergency SNAP allotments in 2023, Beau said.
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Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Maximum allotments have been increased in comparison to last year’s SNAP benefits, as noted below.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
There were once 2,522 public domain allotments in California totaling 336,409 acres.
—Beth Rose Middleton Manning, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2025
That’s reminiscent of what the despots of Eastern Europe did during the Cold War, building huge concrete apartment blocks with meager square-foot allotments per family.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
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
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
Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Maximum allotments have been increased in comparison to last year’s SNAP benefits, as noted below.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
There were once 2,522 public domain allotments in California totaling 336,409 acres.
—Beth Rose Middleton Manning, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2025
That’s reminiscent of what the despots of Eastern Europe did during the Cold War, building huge concrete apartment blocks with meager square-foot allotments per family.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for allotments
Noun
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The potential cost increases are tied to the expiration of pandemic-era subsidies at the end of the year.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Senate Republicans have failed to pass a clean short-term measure as Democrats dig in on health care priorities, specifically extending subsidies under the Affordable Care Act.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
27 Oct. 2025
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Parts of southwestern Haiti and the southern portions of the Dominican Republic are also at risk of flash flooding and landslides.—
NPR,
NPR,
27 Oct. 2025
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Divide your pizza dough into four portions.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Oct. 2025
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Then, additional allocations may be made based on community need.—
Mona Darwish,
Oc Register,
22 Oct. 2025
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For fiscal 2024, the Biden-Harris administration requested a budget of $842 billion for the Department of Defense, marking $100 billion more than fiscal year 2022 — though final allocations from Congress can differ from those figures.—
Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
21 Oct. 2025
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Proceeds from the night benefited the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo Foundation, supporting scholarships, rodeo grants, and the preservation of BPIR’s traveling museum.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Oct. 2025
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Active grants have been cruelly rescinded, leaving community theaters, local museums, facing sudden funding gaps and uncertainty over expenses for work already underway.—
Andrew Weinstein,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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For those who prefer public transit, Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner stops in nearby Goleta and Santa Barbara, with connecting shuttles or ride-shares to Buellton.—
Maggie Downs,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Oct. 2025
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Several companies preparing to report earnings this week could see their stocks score large gains or suffer considerable losses, based on current options trading on the shares.—
Nick Wells,Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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From border work to senator funerals to food distributions, see them at work.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Since the government shut down, the organization has held special distributions by request at Camp Pendleton, a military housing complex in Point Loma and a site near the San Diego International Airport specifically for Transportation Security Administration workers.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Oct. 2025
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The largest of the Apostle Islands is Madeline Island, about a mile offshore, and the historic capital of the Ojibwe Nation, which encompasses parts of what are now Canada and the northern Great Lakes region of the United States.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Chainsaw Man follows Denji, a poor teen who makes a contract that fuses his body with that of Pochita, the dog-like Chainsaw Devil, granting him the power to transform parts of his body into chainsaws.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
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From 1982 onward, the administration reinstated import quotas on sugar to support domestic prices.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Some maquila workers told CNN they were given daily quotas of thousands of apparel items, and made to stand for up to 15 hours a day, while earning a minimum wage of less than $500 a month.—
Ladan Anoushfar,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Allotments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allotments. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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