How to Use allotment in a Sentence
allotment
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More than half of the meager allotment was used to pay his train fare.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Aug. 2023
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But the time allotment was more than enough for Hauser.
—BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2021
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My allotment of eclipses is over and done, finished, just like my chance to ride that kid’s horse.
—Rachel Kushner, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
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By the end of March, the district had spent $74 million of its $94 million allotment.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2023
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The 2,300-member tribe had pushed for more than a decade to secure the allotment from the Colorado River.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 7 Jan. 2023
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The state hopes to use at least 70% of the weekly federal allotment.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 7 May 2021
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This marks the fifth straight week with a significant jump in the state’s allotment.
—Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Feb. 2021
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The share allotment is likely to take place on Nov. 15, with the listing scheduled for Nov. 18.
—Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2021
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Stevens said Brown was pretty fresh and would be able to play a full allotment of minutes.
—Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Feb. 2021
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This marks the 10th straight week with a significant jump in the state’s allotment.
—Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 31 Mar. 2021
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The new allotments will be in effect until Sept. 30 of next year.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024
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The county plans to use the system for its next vaccine allotment and hopes to have the phone lines up and running as well.
—Nicole Wetsman, The Verge, 4 Jan. 2021
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Most teams have already spent most of their pool allotment this year.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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States’ allotments from BEAD are expected to be announced at the end of this month.
—Kavish Harjai, Anchorage Daily News, 17 June 2023
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The bank's profits dropped 42% from a year ago, due in part to the larger allotment to credit reserves.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2022
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For the next three quarters of a solar year, our daylight allotment will be less.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2022
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On all three plans, hotspot speeds are slowed to a maximum of 128 kbps once customers use the allotment.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 18 June 2024
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Less than a minute had expired from their 10-minute allotment.
—Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2024
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But Dallas ISD has asked, for example, for the allotment to be bumped up to at least $200.
—Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2022
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The Buffs sold out their spring game in April and have sold out their season ticket allotment for the first time in nearly three decades.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 28 June 2023
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So, how do first-timers distinguish themselves from the pack to land a piece from this allotment?
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2022
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The allotment was announced by the Food and Nutrition Service in June.
—Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner, 27 July 2023
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Between the lines: Maine Republicans aren't in any rush to join the push to change the state's allotment system.
—Ivana Saric, Axios, 20 Sep. 2024
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Word had spread quickly and the allotment for Tuesday had already been snatched up.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
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The market is based on a points system, and clients each get a certain allotment based on their household size.
—Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2023
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In testing, streaming a YouTube playlist used up a whole day’s allotment of bandwidth in less than a quarter of an hour.
—PCMAG, 6 May 2024
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Teams are allowed to exceed the allotment for picks by 5% before paying a 75% fine on the overage.
—Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2023
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The site opened on Feb. 3 and administered its 500 vaccine allotment on the same day.
—Brayden Garcia, Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2021
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But there may be more at play than just a (potentially) unequal allotment of resources.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025
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Making matters worse for Northwest and other school districts, the state did not increase the basic funding allotment per student.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2025
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