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as in subsidy
a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action
the National Park Service received an increased appropriation for wildlife management
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as in takeover
the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority
the insurgents' appropriation of the house for their headquarters
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Recent Examples of appropriation
Union leaders were momentarily hopeful when Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson, a Republican and chairman of the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, included a permanent pay fix in the House appropriations bill earlier this year.
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Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
All agencies have their own contingency plans for an appropriations lapse.
—Staff and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
Republicans managed to claw back $21 billion of that additional funding during appropriations battles and have frozen an additional $20.2 billion, effectively reducing the amped enforcement budget by more than 90 percent.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 18 Dec. 2024
In the case of the 2018-19 shutdown, five of the 12 appropriations bills went into effect, funding Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense and limiting the number of employees on furlough.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
All agencies have their own contingency plans for an appropriations lapse.
—Staff and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
Republicans managed to claw back $21 billion of that additional funding during appropriations battles and have frozen an additional $20.2 billion, effectively reducing the amped enforcement budget by more than 90 percent.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 18 Dec. 2024
In the case of the 2018-19 shutdown, five of the 12 appropriations bills went into effect, funding Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense and limiting the number of employees on furlough.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for appropriation
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Trump has also erroneously cast the U.S. trade deficit with Canada — a natural resource-rich nation that provides the U.S. with commodities like oil — as a subsidy.Jim Morris, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
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But no other disabled retirees have been able to stay on the city’s insurance after losing the subsidy, her lawyers told the court.Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
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While police said the report of a migrant takeover was unfounded, there was at least one homicide this year at the complex where the offenders and victims were Venezuelan.Armando L. Sanchez, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
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Black kit was appropriate, and many fans wore it that day because a week earlier, the Glazers’ controversial and highly leveraged takeover of United went through.Andy Mitten, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Meta.Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
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In 2024, the Village Board allocated $450,000 in business improvement grants of up to $100,000 per business, Glenview spokesman David Just said.Phil Rockrohr, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
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Russian President Vladimir Putin's seizure of Crimea, combined with his ambitious modernization program for Russia's armed forces, had to change how the U.S. government viewed Moscow.Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
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In Kansas City, just one seizure last year netted enough fentanyl to potentially kill more than 5 million people.Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
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While average payments for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits are not available, the maximum allotment will increase from $943 a month to $967.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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The city instead gets most of its water from the Los Angeles Aqueduct, which draws water from the Owens Valley in the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, and the Metropolitan Water District, which receives a large allotment from the Colorado River and Delta.Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
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Trump's annexation plans face obvious political and legal barriers.CAT ZAKRZEWSKI AND MARIANA ALFARO THE WASHINGTON POST, arkansasonline.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has commented on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's Greenland proposal, drawing parallels between the plan and Russia's annexation of several Ukrainian regions.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Appropriation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appropriation. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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