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as in subsidy
a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action
the National Park Service received an increased appropriation for wildlife management
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as in takeover
the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority
the insurgents' appropriation of the house for their headquarters
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Recent Examples of appropriation
Speaking at a Senate defense appropriations subcommittee hearing, Reed said law and order is a civil function, not a job for the U.S. military.
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Arkansas Online, 12 June 2025
And this committee does not actually write the budget; that's left to appropriations committees in the House and Senate.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 5 June 2025
Instead, the cuts must be codified through either the normal appropriations process or through the passage of a separate rescissions bill.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 12 June 2025
The denial of a budget appropriation request related to salaries and staffing expenses is at the heart of a lawsuit filed by Sheriff Jaime FitzSimons in district court against the Summit Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday, June 10.
—The Summit Daily, Denver Post, 11 June 2025
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Arkansas Online, 12 June 2025
And this committee does not actually write the budget; that's left to appropriations committees in the House and Senate.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 5 June 2025
Instead, the cuts must be codified through either the normal appropriations process or through the passage of a separate rescissions bill.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 12 June 2025
The denial of a budget appropriation request related to salaries and staffing expenses is at the heart of a lawsuit filed by Sheriff Jaime FitzSimons in district court against the Summit Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday, June 10.
—The Summit Daily, Denver Post, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for appropriation
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For these utilities, climate tech isn’t about subsidies but solving real business problems.—
Nicole LeBlanc,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Working with Trump, Thune also worked to gut clean energy subsidies, many of which were leftovers from Joe Biden’s presidency.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
1 July 2025
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The takeover attempt is being led by Travis Kalanick, the Uber co-founder and former CEO.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
27 June 2025
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Cars from all ten teams were lined up on a grey carpet under LED billboards and visitors crowded onto bleachers to watch gawk at the stars, the takeover of an iconic American location (albeit one filled with European tourists) a metaphor for the sport’s hopes.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2025
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President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to cut federal funding for research and has already canceled or paused hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to Northwestern faculty.—
Luis A. Nunes Amaral,
Chicago Tribune,
24 June 2025
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The Trump administration has also cut more than $2.6 billion in research grants, ended federal contracts and threatened to revoke Harvard's tax-exempt status.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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Newport police declined to provide more information about the seizure.—
Sydney Barragan,
Oc Register,
20 June 2025
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The seizures allowed the receiver to return some assets to clients.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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The per student allotment increased by $55 in the school finance bill Gov. Greg Abbott signed June 4.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 June 2025
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Their ancestors were recorded on the Dawes Rolls, a federal registry used in the early 1900s to determine tribal membership and land allotments.—
Kristal Brent Zook,
Essence,
16 June 2025
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What kind of military would Canada need to survive, or even to resist, an American annexation?—
Stephen Marche,
The Atlantic,
1 July 2025
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And Trump—who has been bashing Canada with annexation threats throughout trade talks—had also threatened a Section 301 investigation into impacts of the DST on the US economy, which meant other punitive measures could be coming if the DST wasn't removed.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2025
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“Appropriation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appropriation. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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