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Made for ‘Ugh,’ Appropriated for ‘Oooh’ Punk didn’t play nice.

From New York Times • May 9, 2013

Appropriated for sociology, the term narcissism sometimes seems as frustratingly insubstantial as Echo, the nymph who taunted Narcissus by repeating his words.

From Time Magazine Archive

Appropriated spending for 2008 was $1.2 trillion; Obama's budget for next year calls for $1.3 trillion in appropriations.

From Time Magazine Archive

Meanwhile, the House: � Appropriated $3,282,533,000 for the Treasury and Post Office, $77,697,000 below the request.

From Time Magazine Archive

Appropriated and partaken of by us they make our strength and our life.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms by Maclaren, Alexander