How to Use allocate in a Sentence

allocate

verb
  • Money from the sale of the house was allocated to each of the children.
  • Have enough funds been allocated to finance the project?
  • We need to determine the best way to allocate our resources.
  • The city's staff has made recommendations to the council on how to allocate the money for nonprofit projects and relief.
    Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Nebraska is just one of two states that uses a piecemeal approach to allocating electoral votes instead of a winner-takes-all approach.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • But knowing of the huge need for front-line workers who just need a bachelor’s degree will help groups advocate for where to allocate additional resources.
    Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Sep. 2022
  • This knowledge will enable employees to prioritize their workload and allocate the right amount of time to a project without feeling burdened.
    Janine Schindler, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Tariffs may also change what limited-edition, high-end bottles get allocated to America in the first place.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The no-toss-up map allocates states, or more specifically each state's Electoral College votes, to a candidate based on average polling, regardless of the gap.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
  • And then that will give us a number of how much per child to allocate.
    al, 24 Aug. 2022
  • How the funds will be allocated will be discussed by the board at the meeting.
    Colleen Wright, miamiherald, 12 July 2018
  • And what about the money that’s been allocated to work on this?
    Eric Johnson, Recode, 22 Aug. 2018
  • Keep in mind that about $5 million of that must be allocated to sign the draft class.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 May 2024
  • The evening is allocated to the soothing of an anxious dog.
    Pam Mandel, Longreads, 4 July 2017
  • The bill would allocate $50 million to provide a pay bump.
    Vivian Jones, Washington Examiner, 12 Feb. 2021
  • The size of the budget obscures the amount Breed may allocate at her discretion.
    Dominic Fracassa, SFChronicle.com, 31 July 2020
  • Here’s how the draft bill would allocate the remainder of the $580 million.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The funds will be allocated at the end of June, officials said.
    Debbi Baker, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 June 2017
  • Alario said the state should bank the surplus for a while before deciding how to allocate it.
    Julia O'Donoghue, NOLA.com, 22 Sep. 2017
  • The Cudahy clinic finds out each week how many the state can allocate to them, Puente said.
    Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2022
  • But for a long time, Congress did not allocate money for the new courthouse.
    Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The count is used to allocate funds to federal programs.
    Miriam Jordan, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2022
  • Where the rest of the budget will be allocated has not yet been determined.
    Sonja Peteranderl, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2018
  • Banks that run debt sales for governments tend to allocate less than 10% of an issuance to hedge funds.
    Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 10 May 2021
  • And a big part of that budget this year is allocating enough funds for filling their gas tanks.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
  • Some of these shifts occurred by the thinnest of margins under the formula used to allocate seats.
    Craig Gilbert, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The board also does not have the authority to allocate state funding to schools, so there was no check to cover the costs.
    Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Mar. 2021
  • Three seats are allocated to each of the city’s three voting districts (Districts A, B and C).
    Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The Aurora area's school districts allocate funds to purchase new books to give away to each child during the event.
    Linda Girardi, Aurora Beacon-News, 29 Apr. 2018
  • The city is using the consulting firm Raftelis to help with deciding where to allocate the funds.
    Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2021

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