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reallocates

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present tense third-person singular of reallocate

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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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For example, the bill creates incentives to accelerate housing supply development, revitalize vacant commercial properties into residences, and even allocates funds towards innovations that further create more housing supply.

— Jamie Gold, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
According to experts, a balanced portfolio usually allocates between 0% and 15% in precious metals, with most of this allocation being in gold.

— Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 26 June 2026

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The White House on Friday confirmed the executive action against members of the Election Assistance Commission, which distributes federal grants to states, oversees the testing of voting systems and maintains the national voter registration forms.

— Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Unlike most self-assembling robotic systems, which depend on a central controller to coordinate every movement, FloatForm distributes intelligence across the swarm.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026

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When the cell divides, one daughter cell might then inherit slightly more of the signaling molecule than the other.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 13 July 2026
As that cell divides, embryonic stem cells give rise to the trillions of specialized cells that form the body’s organs and tissues.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026

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