as in allocating
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 allotting
And there are also more introspective strategies, such as allotting time for all 70,000 employees to step away and think about how their day-to-day activities trickle down to patient safety.
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Byphil Wahba, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
Byphil Wahba, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
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Nebraska is just one of two states that uses a piecemeal approach to allocating electoral votes instead of a winner-takes-all approach.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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For many fashion brands, particularly smaller or traditional ones, allocating these resources poses a challenge, especially with uncertainty around return on investment.Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 17 Oct. 2024
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Wardens and guards will continue assigning prison inmates to work in kitchens, clean prison yards or pick up trash beside highways.Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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This little adjustment in perspective motivates the group to investigate underlying issues instead of assigning blame.Nirmal Chhabria, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Under that scenario, MLB would be in charge of producing and distributing local teams.Brad Adgate, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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What may be bothering California’s lawmakers is that the means for making and distributing forms of political propaganda are being democratized.The Editors, National Review, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Allotting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allotting. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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