How to Use allotment in a Sentence

allotment

noun
  • More than half of the meager allotment was used to pay his train fare.
    IEEE Spectrum, 27 Aug. 2023
  • But the time allotment was more than enough for Hauser.
    BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • By the end of March, the district had spent $74 million of its $94 million allotment.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • The share allotment is likely to take place on Nov. 15, with the listing scheduled for Nov. 18.
    Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2021
  • This marks the 10th straight week with a significant jump in the state’s allotment.
    Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 31 Mar. 2021
  • The new allotments will be in effect until Sept. 30 of next year.
    Avery Lotz, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Most teams have already spent most of their pool allotment this year.
    Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
  • States’ allotments from BEAD are expected to be announced at the end of this month.
    Kavish Harjai, Anchorage Daily News, 17 June 2023
  • 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
  • For the next three quarters of a solar year, our daylight allotment will be less.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • Less than a minute had expired from their 10-minute allotment.
    Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2024
  • But Dallas ISD has asked, for example, for the allotment to be bumped up to at least $200.
    Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • So, how do first-timers distinguish themselves from the pack to land a piece from this allotment?
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2022
  • The allotment was announced by the Food and Nutrition Service in June.
    Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner, 27 July 2023
  • 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
  • Word had spread quickly and the allotment for Tuesday had already been snatched up.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • And developers wouldn't get a flat allotment of 2 acre-feet of water a year for the transfer.
    Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic, 18 June 2024
  • The program, which the city funded last year with a one-time allotment of $75 million, ends in September.
    Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Apr. 2021
  • The doses are in addition to the state’s weekly dosage allotment.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Danielson hasn’t even seen his full allotment of quarterbacks take the field.
    Ron Counts, Idaho Statesman, 7 Apr. 2024
  • The Yankees began the offseason with an allotment of about $6.3 million.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Two fun-size candy bars was the most popular candy allotment.
    Jessica Boehm, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024

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