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as in portions
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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as in permissions
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 allowances
Such allowances of single drivers in carpool lanes are fairly rare in Southern California, but more common in Northern California.
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Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
Next season and beyond will be judged differently, with fewer allowances and far more expected from everyone involved.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
The Carbon Price Support, which power stations must pay in addition to buying UK emissions allowances, will end in April 2028, according to the Treasury.
—Will Mathis, Bloomberg, 16 Apr. 2026
The 118 million allowances would be divided between two groups — one for refineries, hydrogen producers and related sectors like petroleum and coal product manufacturing, and another for all other industries.
—Chaewon Chung
april 15, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Krueger said starting in 2024, aldermanic offices saw their staff budget go up from three to four full-time employees, and all payroll costs were moved from ward expense accounts to their aldermanic personnel allowances.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Tax thresholds and allowances remain frozen, so those getting pay increases in line with inflation — and those benefiting from a rise in the minimum wage — will see more of it swallowed by income tax.
—Ian King, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
Or at least the ability to successfully influence their parents that $45 eyeshadow pallets and contour and face stars are worth bumping up their allowances for.
—Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 7 Apr. 2026
Also, Intel notes that these cards can be set up in arrays of two, four, or eight cards in a workstation or server rack module, to enable multiple AI models queued up in one workstation as needed, or to pool memory allowances for AI models that are too big for one card's memory allocation.
—Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
Next season and beyond will be judged differently, with fewer allowances and far more expected from everyone involved.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
The Carbon Price Support, which power stations must pay in addition to buying UK emissions allowances, will end in April 2028, according to the Treasury.
—Will Mathis, Bloomberg, 16 Apr. 2026
The 118 million allowances would be divided between two groups — one for refineries, hydrogen producers and related sectors like petroleum and coal product manufacturing, and another for all other industries.
—Chaewon Chung
april 15, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Krueger said starting in 2024, aldermanic offices saw their staff budget go up from three to four full-time employees, and all payroll costs were moved from ward expense accounts to their aldermanic personnel allowances.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Tax thresholds and allowances remain frozen, so those getting pay increases in line with inflation — and those benefiting from a rise in the minimum wage — will see more of it swallowed by income tax.
—Ian King, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
Or at least the ability to successfully influence their parents that $45 eyeshadow pallets and contour and face stars are worth bumping up their allowances for.
—Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 7 Apr. 2026
Also, Intel notes that these cards can be set up in arrays of two, four, or eight cards in a workstation or server rack module, to enable multiple AI models queued up in one workstation as needed, or to pool memory allowances for AI models that are too big for one card's memory allocation.
—Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for allowances
Noun
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One bag serves three hearty portions, or four measly ones.—
Alex Beggs,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
25 Apr. 2026
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Houston Houston leans into Texas-sized indulgence, with a food scene built on big portions and bold flavors.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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Over time, those permissions allow companies to gather enormous amounts of behavioral data.—
Adriana James-Rodil,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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This includes patching existing vulnerabilities and making sure that the permissions employees have are strictly limited so they can’t be exploited.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Walmart passes Berkshire in market value Over the past year, shares of Walmart have soared by more than 35% while both classes of Berkshire have dropped by almost 12%.—
Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
25 Apr. 2026
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Paltrow shares daughter Apple and son Moses with ex-husband and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, and Falchuk shares daughter Isabella and son Brody with ex-wife Suzanne Bukinik.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
25 Apr. 2026
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The bill, which passed with bipartisan support, addressed concerns about giving one party too much power by staggering the new authorizations out over a 0-year period.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Most authorizations ultimately go through, particularly if patients appeal.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
23 Apr. 2026
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This includes soaring gas prices at the pump, seesawing stock markets, rising food and fertilizer prices, higher shipping-insurance costs, and fuel shortages that have touched off violence, work stoppages, and profiteering in parts of Asia and Africa.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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Very little offends me in a moral sense in the theater, but parts of this script came close.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Licenses and permits, including a sales tax permit if products will be sold, also may be required.—
Metro Creative Services,
Boston Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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On Monday, the Overland Park City Council will look at special events permits for the farmers market to take place this spring and summer — including issuing a special events permit for the market’s new location, 7950 Marty Street, starting in early June.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
31 Jan. 2026
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But the announcement April 28 that the United Arab Emirates was leaving OPEC caps years of tension where the desert state chafed under the cartel’s quotas, and recently, encountered severe strain in its relationship with Saudi Arabia, the group’s most potent force by far.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Algeria, which relies more on gas, and Libya, which is temporarily not subject to OPEC quotas, may prove more resilient, while Nigeria’s growing refining ambitions, with expansions at the Dangote Refinery, could offset some upstream losses.—
Yinka Adegoke,
semafor.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Failure to provide additional information or consents will be grounds for disqualification, unless prohibited under applicable law.—
Time,
Time,
10 Feb. 2026
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Before allowing the use of advertising pixels, cookies or other tracking tools, businesses should investigate what those technologies collect, how that data will be used and what disclosures or consents are required.—
Jodi Daniels,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Allowances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allowances. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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