as in allocating
to give as a share or portion
each speaker was allotted five minutes to present his or her opinion in the debate
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Recent Examples of allotting
And there are also more introspective strategies, such as allotting time for all 70,000 employees to step away and think about how their day-to-day activities trickle down to patient safety.
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Byphil Wahba, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
Byphil Wahba, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
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Investors in China are taking note and are already allocating to the stock market, as evidenced by a jump in margin collateral, which is used to make leveraged investments or simply trade in margin accounts.Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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CEOs must prioritize security awareness across all organizational levels, allocating budgets for training and certifications as well as encouraging employees to attend relevant conferences.Andrew Duncan, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Insurance companies, on the other hand, are experts at studying crash rates and assigning (and litigating) liability.Brad Templeton, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Willis, however, could decide to challenge the appellate court's decision, which would delay the process of assigning a new prosecutor to the case.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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In February 2014, Bonilla was sentenced in New Haven federal court to 68 months in prison and four years of supervised release for distributing heroin, court records show.Staff report, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2025
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The joint task force operation found the organization was distributing various drugs, including opioids, high-grade marijuana, THC products and MDMA.Kerry Breen, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Allotting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allotting. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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