How to Use allot in a Sentence

allot

verb
  • The newspaper will allot a full page to each of the three mayoral candidates.
  • Each speaker will be allotted 15 minutes.
  • Each individual stake owner would see shares allotted on a one-to-one bases.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
  • They are also used to allot federal funding for key social services.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2019
  • They are also used to allot federal funding for social services.
    Michael Wines, New York Times, 3 July 2019
  • Critics panned the film for, among other things, the players’ poor acting (fair, mostly) and for the minimal screen time allotted to Shaq.
    Tim Rohan, SI.com, 8 July 2019
  • The total amount allotted for compensation is estimated at tens of millions of dollars.
    Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, 26 June 2019
  • There are no opening statements, and they’ll be allotted 60 seconds to answer questions and 30 seconds to respond to any follow-ups.
    John Buysse, Fortune, 27 June 2019
  • Roughly half the revenue raised by the initiative would go to California’s public schools and community colleges, and the rest would be allotted to cities and counties.
    Joe Garofoli, SFChronicle.com, 6 July 2019
  • But would the conflict breach the two Y.M.C.A. lanes allotted to the team?
    Miriam Jordan Afif Amireh, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • It has been allotted three hours for many years, though the length of the 2025 show has not been announced.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2024
  • It has been allotted three hours for many years, though the length of the 2025 show has not been announced.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The studio will have allotted drop-off times or set up a drop box for the items that need to be fired.
    Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2020
  • Even Wyoming allotted three-and-a-half times more money, the study found.
    Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 5 June 2024
  • The bustier’s stitching allotted a bit of depth and detail to the clean-cut look.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The gardens were beautiful and many took a tram ride to try and see as much of the gardens in the time allotted.
    Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 22 June 2023
  • The Allahabad high court in 1935 had allotted the legal right over the land on which the mosque stands to the Hindu king of Varanasi.
    Kuwar Singh, Quartz India, 9 Nov. 2019
  • Spending of the money allotted for the fund has dropped in recent years as well.
    Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
  • As one poster from the era explained it, people over 12 were allotted 2½ pounds of beef, veal, lamb and pork a week.
    NBC News, 1 May 2020
  • The new approach would allot them to applicants who earn the highest wages.
    David Jackson, USA TODAY, 23 June 2020
  • Picks 5 through 14 will then be allotted in reverse order of the teams’ records.
    Victor Mather, New York Times, 15 May 2023
  • Instead, try allotting up to a fifth of your daily calorie allowance to the sweet of your choice.
    Kristine Thomason, Health, 2 Nov. 2023
  • In this context, a speech expands or contracts to fit the time allotted.
    Readers, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The seven-minute film asks what kind of place society should allot to the most painful or shameful parts of its past.
    Güzin Kar, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2021
  • The company that recorded the book allotted me 100 hours in front of the microphone.
    New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Still to be revealed in addition to the name of the Boston team is how the 18 players will be allotted among all six teams.
    Michael Silverman, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
  • It’s as simple as allotting a certain amount of time away from your phone.
    Maya Allen, Marie Claire, 17 July 2019
  • The means and the budget Moscow has allotted for its dark ambitions in Ukraine are stretched thin.
    Michael Kimmage and Hanna Notte, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The reps that will be scrutinized the most in camp, however, will be those allotted to Daniels.
    Nicki Jhabvala, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
  • There was no cap of tickets allotted to either school and Johnson is expecting a lot of support from the Mission Viejo fans.
    Michael Huntley, Orange County Register, 3 Oct. 2024

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