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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
As a result, Democrats refused to fund DHS as part of regular appropriations, pushing for new restrictions on how immigration enforcement officials conduct themselves.
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Ryan Lucas, NPR, 26 Apr. 2026
Its next stop will be the lower chamber’s appropriations committee.
—Linh Tat, Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
But Congress, not the White House, ultimately sets NASA’s funding levels through the appropriations process.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Newsom visited Washington in December, meeting with five lawmakers, including three who serve on the Senate and House appropriations committees.
—Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
The city’s ordinance outline a funding package that includes bonds, city appropriations and Tax Increment Financing (TIF).
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson announced an agreement earlier this month to fund most of DHS through appropriations and ICE and CBP through reconciliation.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Monday Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is slated to testify before the House appropriations committee.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2026
Know More Collins, first elected to the Senate in 1996, chairs the chamber’s powerful appropriations committee.
—Colin Campbell, semafor.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Ryan Lucas, NPR, 26 Apr. 2026
Its next stop will be the lower chamber’s appropriations committee.
—Linh Tat, Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
But Congress, not the White House, ultimately sets NASA’s funding levels through the appropriations process.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Newsom visited Washington in December, meeting with five lawmakers, including three who serve on the Senate and House appropriations committees.
—Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
The city’s ordinance outline a funding package that includes bonds, city appropriations and Tax Increment Financing (TIF).
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson announced an agreement earlier this month to fund most of DHS through appropriations and ICE and CBP through reconciliation.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Monday Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is slated to testify before the House appropriations committee.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2026
Know More Collins, first elected to the Senate in 1996, chairs the chamber’s powerful appropriations committee.
—Colin Campbell, semafor.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appropriations
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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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Since then, the district named literacy its top priority; county officials called on all Tarrant school districts to develop plans ensuring all students read on grade level; and two state takeovers have taken shape in the Fort Worth and Lake Worth school districts to improve student achievement.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Apr. 2026
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Street takeovers are aggressive, dangerous and have nothing to do with an appreciation of cars.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
29 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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Amari has epilepsy and is prone to seizures, according to Today.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Without treatment, meningitis can be life-threatening and lead to seizures, hearing or vision loss, fluid buildup in the brain, sepsis and more.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
28 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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But county commissioners voted in February to put a moratorium on annexations and incorporations for at least five years to give the county time to assess the fiscal impact of future annexation and incorporations.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Appropriations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appropriations. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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