How to Use allocate in a Sentence

allocate

verb
  • Money from the sale of the house was allocated to each of the children.
  • Have enough funds been allocated to finance the project?
  • We need to determine the best way to allocate our resources.
  • Adding the full 10% cash to the equities side would restore balance, but retirees seeking income could allocate some of that cash to both stocks and bonds.
    WSJ, 7 Aug. 2022
  • And coming soon, customers may allocate virtual keys (which can be revoked at any time) to regular visitors like a significant other or house cleaner.
    Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 1 Sep. 2022
  • To face life's greatest struggles and avoid burnout, allocating time for rest, relaxation, and reflection is crucial to one’s happiness and ultimate success.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Measuring the financial contribution to the business to size, allocate and measure the return on investments.
    Stephen Diorio, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
  • And then that will give us a number of how much per child to allocate.
    al, 24 Aug. 2022
  • How the funds will be allocated will be discussed by the board at the meeting.
    Colleen Wright, miamiherald, 12 July 2018
  • And what about the money that’s been allocated to work on this?
    Eric Johnson, Recode, 22 Aug. 2018
  • Keep in mind that about $5 million of that must be allocated to sign the draft class.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 May 2024
  • The evening is allocated to the soothing of an anxious dog.
    Pam Mandel, Longreads, 4 July 2017
  • The bill would allocate $50 million to provide a pay bump.
    Vivian Jones, Washington Examiner, 12 Feb. 2021
  • The size of the budget obscures the amount Breed may allocate at her discretion.
    Dominic Fracassa, SFChronicle.com, 31 July 2020
  • Here’s how the draft bill would allocate the remainder of the $580 million.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The funds will be allocated at the end of June, officials said.
    Debbi Baker, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 June 2017
  • Alario said the state should bank the surplus for a while before deciding how to allocate it.
    Julia O'Donoghue, NOLA.com, 22 Sep. 2017
  • The Cudahy clinic finds out each week how many the state can allocate to them, Puente said.
    Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2022
  • But for a long time, Congress did not allocate money for the new courthouse.
    Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The count is used to allocate funds to federal programs.
    Miriam Jordan, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2022
  • Where the rest of the budget will be allocated has not yet been determined.
    Sonja Peteranderl, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2018
  • Banks that run debt sales for governments tend to allocate less than 10% of an issuance to hedge funds.
    Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 10 May 2021
  • And a big part of that budget this year is allocating enough funds for filling their gas tanks.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
  • Some of these shifts occurred by the thinnest of margins under the formula used to allocate seats.
    Craig Gilbert, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The board also does not have the authority to allocate state funding to schools, so there was no check to cover the costs.
    Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Mar. 2021
  • Three seats are allocated to each of the city’s three voting districts (Districts A, B and C).
    Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The Aurora area's school districts allocate funds to purchase new books to give away to each child during the event.
    Linda Girardi, Aurora Beacon-News, 29 Apr. 2018
  • The city is using the consulting firm Raftelis to help with deciding where to allocate the funds.
    Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2021
  • As a thank you to their respective fan bases, the artists are not allocating VIP tickets on tour.
    Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Maine and Nebraska are the only two states that don’t use a winner-takes-all approach to awarding electors and instead allocate them based on a partially proportional system.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024

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