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as in subsidies
a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action
recognizing the importance of the arts in the health of a city, the council increased the allocation for the city's annual jazz festival
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as in distributions
the act or process of giving out something to each member of a group
the allocation of Halloween candy became my job when I was too old to go trick-or-treating myself
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Recent Examples of allocations
Companion water-permit provisions require large data center water allocations to be consistent with local zoning and comprehensive plans.
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Haley Busch, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026
California’s legislators and water agencies should restore historical water allocations to farmers.
—Edward Ring, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
Provide some flexibility beyond 2030 by removing allowance allocations but retain emissions caps through 2045 to send long-term market signals.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
In terms of fiscal decisions, a school district administrator often presents what budget allocations should be for schools, and a school board votes to approve or disapprove that.
—Carrie Sampson, The Conversation, 13 Apr. 2026
Future state allocations to LAUSD face some downside risks as well as one upside.
—Marc Joffe, Daily News, 13 Apr. 2026
Sovereign funds from Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia have also increased their allocations, albeit more cautiously — with the kingdom’s Public Investment Fund holding just 1% of its portfolio in private credit.
—Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 9 Apr. 2026
But because each year’s Proposition 98 funding guarantee is calculated through a complex formula that uses previous years’ funding allocations to serve as a baseline for future years, any change to the funding guarantee could impact school funding for years to come.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
But discussions between the chambers on allocations — top line budget numbers — that are needed to embark on formal negotiations on the final spending plan, have so far failed to result in an agreement.
—News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
Haley Busch, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026
California’s legislators and water agencies should restore historical water allocations to farmers.
—Edward Ring, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
Provide some flexibility beyond 2030 by removing allowance allocations but retain emissions caps through 2045 to send long-term market signals.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
In terms of fiscal decisions, a school district administrator often presents what budget allocations should be for schools, and a school board votes to approve or disapprove that.
—Carrie Sampson, The Conversation, 13 Apr. 2026
Future state allocations to LAUSD face some downside risks as well as one upside.
—Marc Joffe, Daily News, 13 Apr. 2026
Sovereign funds from Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia have also increased their allocations, albeit more cautiously — with the kingdom’s Public Investment Fund holding just 1% of its portfolio in private credit.
—Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 9 Apr. 2026
But because each year’s Proposition 98 funding guarantee is calculated through a complex formula that uses previous years’ funding allocations to serve as a baseline for future years, any change to the funding guarantee could impact school funding for years to come.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
But discussions between the chambers on allocations — top line budget numbers — that are needed to embark on formal negotiations on the final spending plan, have so far failed to result in an agreement.
—News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for allocations
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And then the Chinese government used the conversion to pure EVs to end subsidies, to change the level playing field, to tilt it in the local OEMs’ favor.—
Jamie Lincoln Kitman,
Rolling Stone,
24 Apr. 2026
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Stadiums are notorious for their lack of multiplier impact, which is one reason these days why sports team owners, such as the McCaskey family that controls the Bears, have such a hard time hoodwinking governments into giving them direct subsidies to build their stadiums.—
David Greising,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Cash distributions of at least 75% of each Eminence fund’s net asset value are expected by mid-to-late June.—
Hema Parmar,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
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The latest Steam hardware survey logged Linux at a 5% share, a first for the OS and its various distributions.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
23 Apr. 2026
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Founded to democratize access to resources from the modern film industry, Decentralized Pictures has already awarded more than $1 million in grants and support to indie filmmakers.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
30 Apr. 2026
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Best Friends Animal Society, which receives 51 percent of the voting proceeds, is giving $337,000 in grants to 117 shelters and rescues whose adoptable or alumni pets received the most votes.—
Liz Gray,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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But others were planted with random allotments of four and 12 species, reflecting the middle and upper ends of tree diversity in similar-sized areas of our local forests.—
John Parker,
The Conversation,
20 Apr. 2026
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The fires scorched some ranchers’ pastures and federal grazing allotments.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
17 Apr. 2026
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As a result, Democrats refused to fund DHS as part of regular appropriations, pushing for new restrictions on how immigration enforcement officials conduct themselves.—
Ryan Lucas,
NPR,
26 Apr. 2026
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Its next stop will be the lower chamber’s appropriations committee.—
Linh Tat,
Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Allocations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allocations. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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