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as in subsidies
a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action
the National Park Service received an increased appropriation for wildlife management
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as in takeovers
the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority
the insurgents' appropriation of the house for their headquarters
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Recent Examples of appropriations
Once established, the commission would be able to enter agreements or contracts for grants or appropriations from federal, state, and local governments, individuals, foundations or other organizations.
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Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2025
Chicago Tribune 64 Comments The commission would spend money from the professional sports development fund, which would be funded through general assembly appropriations, grants, gifts and donations.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2025
The commission would spend money from the professional sports development fund, which would be funded through general assembly appropriations, grants, gifts and donations.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
But lawmakers continued to vote down some appropriations bills, sending the group back to the drawing board.
—Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 2 Apr. 2025
In 1974, after President Richard Nixon refused to spend money as directed by appropriations laws, Congress passed the Impoundment Control Act to clarify that no President can unilaterally withhold such funds.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
That also passed the committee and was sent to appropriations.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2025
The bill passed in the Assembly Public Safety Committee Tuesday and will go to the committee on appropriations.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2025
In recent months, Newsom has increasingly shunned responsibility for the situations, mostly by pointing the finger at local governments, saying many have failed to ease the way for more housing construction or to spend state homelessness appropriations effectively.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2025
Chicago Tribune 64 Comments The commission would spend money from the professional sports development fund, which would be funded through general assembly appropriations, grants, gifts and donations.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2025
The commission would spend money from the professional sports development fund, which would be funded through general assembly appropriations, grants, gifts and donations.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
But lawmakers continued to vote down some appropriations bills, sending the group back to the drawing board.
—Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 2 Apr. 2025
In 1974, after President Richard Nixon refused to spend money as directed by appropriations laws, Congress passed the Impoundment Control Act to clarify that no President can unilaterally withhold such funds.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
That also passed the committee and was sent to appropriations.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2025
The bill passed in the Assembly Public Safety Committee Tuesday and will go to the committee on appropriations.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2025
In recent months, Newsom has increasingly shunned responsibility for the situations, mostly by pointing the finger at local governments, saying many have failed to ease the way for more housing construction or to spend state homelessness appropriations effectively.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Appropriations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appropriations. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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