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as in subsidy
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 distribution
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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In Europe, the company is facing a European Union investigation into whether China provided unfair subsidies to a BYD plant in Hungary, according to a Financial Times report.—
Yue Wang,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025 -
As penny-pinching became even more vital coming out of the strikes, productions are increasingly opting to shoot in regions with more generous subsidies for Hollywood.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2025
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Julie Butner, president and CEO of Tarrant Area Food Bank, said the organization has been able to maintain balanced supply and distribution through the local food purchase agreement.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Mar. 2025
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The distribution of payments depends on which day of the month a retiree was born.—
Ross O'Keefe,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
22 Mar. 2025
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Uplift Wisconsin, a call line operated through Mental Health of Wisconsin, will be shut down by April 4 because its COVID-19 grant was canceled, according to reporting by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
1 Apr. 2025
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Recently, several active research grants related to studies involving LGBTQ+ issues, as well as gender identity and diversity, equity and inclusion, were canceled at the National Institutes of Health.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2025
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Some research suggests that adhering to certain patterns — such as spacing your weekly allotment of drinks out over a few days and consuming them with a meal — may be beneficial.—
Dylan Scott,
Vox,
14 Mar. 2025
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The 2024 tournament generated more than $1 billion in sales over the course of 67 games, an estimate that does not factor in any make-good allotments that were deducted from the gross sales tally.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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Germain emphasized that while fraud in the program was rare, the layoffs left states with no federal oversight, raising questions about how funds will be managed when the current appropriation expires in September.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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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
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“Allocation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allocation. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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