1
as in portion
something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group
as the war progressed, each family's allowance of sugar and flour was reduced
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Relevance
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2
as in permission
the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something
without the official allowance of the school board, no organization can hold its meetings on school property
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Recent Examples of allowance
However, this allowance has been scaled back to just one full shopping trip per month.
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Janean Sorrell, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Congress gives every new president an allowance of $100,000 to refurbish the private residence and the Oval Office.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
Instead, Combs insisted on paying her an allowance to keep her at his beck and call, her lawsuit claims.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2025
That prompted a third notice of allowance on Oct. 15, 2024, which is set to expire on Oct. 15, 2027.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
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Janean Sorrell, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Congress gives every new president an allowance of $100,000 to refurbish the private residence and the Oval Office.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
Instead, Combs insisted on paying her an allowance to keep her at his beck and call, her lawsuit claims.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2025
That prompted a third notice of allowance on Oct. 15, 2024, which is set to expire on Oct. 15, 2027.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allowance
Noun
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Though the spinoff does not seem poised to match that level of popularity, it can be assumed that a significant portion of its audience will come from streaming viewers in the days after its NBC premiere.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2025
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But the winger didn’t finish practice, as he was still bothered by a lower-body injury suffered during the United States’ game against Sweden in the round-robin portion of the tournament.—
Julian McKenzie,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Assign a basket for mail, a folder for permission slips, a place for backpacks and shoes, and a drawer or basket for chargers, keys, and sunglasses.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2025
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Here are some tips to make sure location tracking is kept to a minimum: App permissions Head to your phone’s control panel to check permissions.—
Kelvin Chan,
The Denver Post,
15 Feb. 2025
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Other options on the table that could lead to coverage losses include imposing work requirements and lowering the federal share of spending for the Medicaid expansion population.—
Peter Sullivan,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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Investors should consider buying shares of Flutter Entertainment ahead of its quarterly results next Tuesday despite recent proposals in New Jersey to almost double taxes on iGaming and sports betting, according to Bank of America.—
Sean Conlon,
CNBC,
26 Feb. 2025
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And support for Ukraine from the U.S. and Europe accelerated, including an authorization to use long-range American weapons to strike militarily strategic targets within Russia.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2025
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The ruling is another setback for one of President Donald Trump’s top priorities to strengthen immigration enforcement and conduct mass deportations of migrants who are in the country without legal authorization.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
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Since the flight that crash landed in Toronto on Monday originated in the U.S., one of my colleagues wanted to know how much of a part the Federal Aviation Administration and the rest of the U.S. air traffic and safety system played in the incident.—
Zach Wichter,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Velasquez was a 2nd round pick of the Philadelphia Phillies in 2010 Velasquez has parts of 9 years experience, with five different teams, most recently the Pittsburgh Pirates.—
Bernie Pleskoff,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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In 2021, the company rolled out its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) feature — a feature that forced apps to seek explicit user consent before tracking their activity across other apps and websites.—
Anisha Sircar,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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The tents were removed with the consent of their owners, officials and advocates said.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
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Homegrown quota is invaluable in the years to come, especially if Sean Longstaff leaves?—
Chris Waugh,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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This has been achieved even with year-over-year legal cost takeout quotas.—
Mark A. Cohen,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, the European Union agreed Wednesday the 16th package of anti-Russia sanctions.—
Reuters,
CNN,
20 Feb. 2025
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On February 24, 2022, Russia launched an invasion of its Eastern European neighbor, with the conflict resulting in international sanctions on Moscow and a protracted humanitarian crisis.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Allowance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allowance. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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