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allots

verb

present tense third-person singular of allot

as in allocates

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 allots When a team allots minutes to so many young players simultaneously, lapses in concentration and on-court mistakes are bound to happen. — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026

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In a report on the outage published on Friday, NATS said a software defect in the National Airspace System, which allocates codes so air traffic controllers can identify flights on radar, was behind the decision to ax the flights.

— Pan Pylas, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
In the absence of a system for shifting the funding to other grants, though, this runs the risk of leaving the NIH unable to spend all the money Congress allocates to it (which may well be Vought’s intention).

— John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026

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The plan assigns Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom continued responsibility at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, including fuel and maintenance support for Unit 1 and continuing construction work associated with Units 2 and 3.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
The statute assigns responsibility differently depending on the occupant’s age, so check the current version before assuming who gets the ticket.

— Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026

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The pool distributes in-person reports and imagery to the broader press corps and is designed to hold the nation’s chief executive accountable on behalf of the American public.

— Sarah Rankin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
Tim Taylor, vice president and general manager of Haas Factory Outlet which distributes, services and supports the Haas line of machine tools, said the lack of skilled workers is a top issue.

— Rick West, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

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