How to Use allotment in a Sentence

allotment

noun
  • More than half of the meager allotment was used to pay his train fare.
    IEEE Spectrum, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The same outdoor venue in Miami, the same 8 p.m. time slot, the same 60-minute allotment of time.
    Brian Stelter, CNN, 14 Oct. 2020
  • But the time allotment was more than enough for Hauser.
    BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • My allotment of eclipses is over and done, finished, just like my chance to ride that kid’s horse.
    Rachel Kushner, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
  • By the end of March, the district had spent $74 million of its $94 million allotment.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2023
  • The 2,300-member tribe had pushed for more than a decade to secure the allotment from the Colorado River.
    Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Winners, drawn at random, will be able to buy an allotment of four beers and a snifter for $130.
    Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, 5 Oct. 2020
  • The state hopes to use at least 70% of the weekly federal allotment.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 7 May 2021
  • This marks the fifth straight week with a significant jump in the state’s allotment.
    Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Feb. 2021
  • The share allotment is likely to take place on Nov. 15, with the listing scheduled for Nov. 18.
    Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Stevens said Brown was pretty fresh and would be able to play a full allotment of minutes.
    Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Feb. 2021
  • This marks the 10th straight week with a significant jump in the state’s allotment.
    Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 31 Mar. 2021
  • The new allotments will be in effect until Sept. 30 of next year.
    Avery Lotz, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The county plans to use the system for its next vaccine allotment and hopes to have the phone lines up and running as well.
    Nicole Wetsman, The Verge, 4 Jan. 2021
  • Glassman said the county will be able to spend its entire allotment before the end of the year.
    S. Wayne Carter Jr., baltimoresun.com, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Most teams have already spent most of their pool allotment this year.
    Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The average allotment in the month of August was $209, the report said.
    Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2020
  • States’ allotments from BEAD are expected to be announced at the end of this month.
    Kavish Harjai, Anchorage Daily News, 17 June 2023
  • The bank's profits dropped 42% from a year ago, due in part to the larger allotment to credit reserves.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2022
  • The focus of the first allotment will be health care workers, the governor said.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2020
  • For the next three quarters of a solar year, our daylight allotment will be less.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2022
  • On all three plans, hotspot speeds are slowed to a maximum of 128 kbps once customers use the allotment.
    Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 18 June 2024
  • Less than a minute had expired from their 10-minute allotment.
    Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2024
  • The Green Wave Club staff will contact fans in rank order until the allotment is filled.
    G Smith, NOLA.com, 4 Nov. 2020
  • But Dallas ISD has asked, for example, for the allotment to be bumped up to at least $200.
    Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The Buffs sold out their spring game in April and have sold out their season ticket allotment for the first time in nearly three decades.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 28 June 2023
  • So, how do first-timers distinguish themselves from the pack to land a piece from this allotment?
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2022
  • The allotment was announced by the Food and Nutrition Service in June.
    Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner, 27 July 2023
  • Carolina, who failed to spend their full allotment last year and who has barely even participated in the bidding to this point.
    Todd Boss, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • If the policy states a standard allotment based on tenure but does not mention exceptions, that’s important to note.
    Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025

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