REALLOCATING Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

reallocating

verb

present participle of reallocate

as in allocating

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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That type of short-term control is what Uber reportedly invoked, allocating $1,500 per user per month, mainly for coding assistants.

— Chris Stegh, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Chicago helped pioneer the modern listing marketplace that has led to enormous gains in allocating houses efficiently.

— Tomas J. Philipson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of allocating

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Inevitably, team evil has cooler powers, like Sindel’s scream and Kung Lao’s hat of doom, but in addition to allotting an inordinate amount of its combat time to Shao Kahn, who’s just a hulking guy with a hammer, the movie’s big visual idea is characters blasting one another with beams.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 May 2026
The framework proposes allotting $20 million of it to the Rays.

— Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026

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Security’s role now includes providing the authority and information that let the right person decide in minutes, not hours.

— Maman Ibrahim, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
That copying, by providing a way to reproduce and evolve, could have then kicked off the beginning of life.

— Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026

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Vertical is distributing the Depression-era film, in which Hawke plays a widower who is separated from his daughter when he gets sent to a brutal work camp.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Nepali lawmakers have slammed the administration over bureaucratic delays in distributing resources after the floods, including medical equipment and staffing of medical facilities.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026

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With three points, three cuts can be made, thus dividing the surface into four.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
In its place arose far-right movements in Western Europe and North America dedicated to dividing the world into racial and cultural blocs, divisions often defended in the language of the struggle against terrorism and Islam.

— Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026

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