1
as in to allot
to give as a share or portion
not enough computers to allocate one to every student
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as in to distribute
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals
allocated the housework in such a way that the older kids got more than the younger ones
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as in to dedicate
to keep or intend for a special purpose
sliced the strawberries after first allocating all the nicest ones for the top of the cake
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Recent Examples of allocate
Assets are only as valuable as the people tasked with allocating them.
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Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025
To that end, a bill allocating more than $500 million in funding to storm recovery will likely be the first to pass the Legislature this year.
—Lucille Sherman, Axios, 10 Mar. 2025
Knowing that fact, consider allocating at least a portion of any refund toward wealth-building activities rather than immediate consumption.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 10 Mar. 2025
Apart from gaming, the group is also deepening its investment in the energy sector, allocating $1.3 billion in a floating liquified natural gas project in Indonesia.
—Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025
To that end, a bill allocating more than $500 million in funding to storm recovery will likely be the first to pass the Legislature this year.
—Lucille Sherman, Axios, 10 Mar. 2025
Knowing that fact, consider allocating at least a portion of any refund toward wealth-building activities rather than immediate consumption.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 10 Mar. 2025
Apart from gaming, the group is also deepening its investment in the energy sector, allocating $1.3 billion in a floating liquified natural gas project in Indonesia.
—Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allocate
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Government money has already been allotted to help the development of the Central Docks area.—
Patrick Boyland,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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The cost of simply extending the expiring 2017 cuts will cost $4.7 trillion, according to the Congressional Budget Office — more than the $4.5 trillion the House budget resolution has allotted.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
14 Mar. 2025
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When Are April 2025 Benefits Paid? Retirement checks are distributed throughout the month, based on the recipient's birth date and the duration of their benefit payments.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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Despite being distributed by Prime Video, the show is 100% independently owned and operated.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN,
22 Mar. 2025
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The film also dedicates a fair amount of its story to a skewering of self-actualization seminars.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2025
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The foray is a step out of Belinda’s comfort zone, as she’s dedicated her latest singles to the musica mexicana genre.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
14 Mar. 2025
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Everybody plays numerous parts, assigned without regard to gender (there’s even a cameo for Fleming), but the anchors are Cumming’s Cholmondeley, the nerd who came up the audacious idea, and Hodgson’s Montagu, the operation’s main manager and salesman.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2025
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There is $453 million in funding from Proposition 1, a state water bond passed by voters in 2014, that had been assigned to the Los Vaqueros expansion by the commission starting in 2018.—
Paul Rogers,
The Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2025
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This way, organizations can dispense with the blame game altogether.—
Liz Kislik,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Four hour-long episodes turn out to be an awfully long way to go for the suggestion that the truth can be murky — especially when the next four go ahead and dispense with that ambiguity entirely.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Mar. 2025
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The story begins in 1942 Poland in the Chelmno extermination camp, the first of its kind to be devoted exclusively to the mass murder of Jews.—
Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Mar. 2025
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The Biden administration put money back into navigator grants, and last year announced a plan to devote $500 million for the effort over five years.—
Maya Goldman,
Axios,
10 Mar. 2025
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Bernstein and von Karajan's debates about their artistic methods and philosophies are underscored by musical segments, enhancing emotional depth and providing poetic resonance to their conversations.—
Court Stroud,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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In the summer of 2023, their fog collectors provided around 37 percent of the irrigation needs for a vegetable garden at the UCSC Farm.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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That’s even after saving $52,000 in costs by stockpiling 62% more Canadian lumber than usual.—
Alex Veiga,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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Neither Saks, nor the Dallas Consortium, which is a group of city officials working to save the flagship, are divulging details of the proposal at this time.—
David Moin,
WWD,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Allocate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allocate. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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