as in to allocate
to give as a share or portion
each speaker was allotted five minutes to present his or her opinion in the debate
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Recent Examples of allot
Instead of allotting time for the family to avoid technology, parents can implement a blanket ban on technology in select parts of the house, like the bedroom or dining room.
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Grettel Suarez, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Replacement benefits may be issued to cover the eligible household's loss, up to the maximum SNAP benefit amount allotted for the month.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
Friday’s approved bill, signed by President Biden Saturday, allots $10 billion in farmer aid and $21 billion agricultural disaster aid.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 Dec. 2024
About $6 billion of grant funding has been allotted to the project, which will take up around 6,500 square feet of the high school, according to Callender.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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Grettel Suarez, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Replacement benefits may be issued to cover the eligible household's loss, up to the maximum SNAP benefit amount allotted for the month.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
Friday’s approved bill, signed by President Biden Saturday, allots $10 billion in farmer aid and $21 billion agricultural disaster aid.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 Dec. 2024
About $6 billion of grant funding has been allotted to the project, which will take up around 6,500 square feet of the high school, according to Callender.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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Employers should plan for these groups and allocate benefits accordingly.—
Jack Hooper,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Critics have previously highlighted that many opioid settlements do not allocate funds specifically for these purposes, making this aspect of the Purdue settlement particularly noteworthy.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
24 Jan. 2025
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In the aftermath of the crypto ball that was organized by David Sacks, and the label of the first crypto President being assigned to Trump the expectations for proactive and forward looking action are quite high.—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Mecklenburg Sheriff Garry McFadden, a former Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police homicide investigator assigned to the Wallace case, said race played a role — that in the early 1990s CMPD put less emphasis on solving crimes in African-American neighborhoods.—
Michael Gordon,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Jan. 2025
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It will be distributed as part of the packaging and red packets in 28 countries during the Chinese New Year period.—
Tianwei Zhang,
WWD,
21 Jan. 2025
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Federation Studios will distribute the series internationally.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Allot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allot. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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