as in allocates
to move or direct (something) so that it can be used for a different purpose
After the class trip was canceled, the money was reallocated to cover the cost of the dance. We need to reallocate our resources.
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The current budget also allocates $777,099,000 for Child Care Services.—
Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Jan. 2026 -
Alongside the tax cuts, the same bill allocates significant new funding, including $150 billion for the Pentagon and $170 billion for immigration enforcement to expand ICE staffing, raids, and deportations.—
Richie Duchon,
NBC news,
30 Dec. 2025
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This position distributes weight evenly across the body, reducing localized pressure and muscular tension.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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During wildfires, users can share snapshots with Watch Duty, a nonprofit that distributes real-time fire alerts to communities and authorities.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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If Young ever offers a provocative pregame quote that provides a soundbite for the opposing locker room, a roomful of reporters will collapse in surprise on the spot.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Jan. 2026
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The company now provides hydro jetting, sewer repair and replacement, trenchless repairs, water damage cleanup services, and water filtration and softening systems.—
Alexander Coolidge,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Jan. 2026
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Food apartheid in Metcalfe Park Census data show how sharply the food access crisis divides Milwaukee.—
April Quevedo,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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What divides him from Burton is that Hopkins, by a miracle, summoned the clarity to renounce his own destruction.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Reallocates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reallocates. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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