appropriates
- present tense form of appropriate (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Imagine Congress appropriates billions of dollars for TSA upgrades.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2025
We want to ensure that funding is available, that Congress appropriates the right amount, and that states can operate their programs as needed to provide WIC services.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2024
Reed included the language in a dedicated subsection of the Senate report accompanying the bill, which appropriates the money that funds the activities of the State Department among other priorities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
On the other hand, it allocates — or appropriates — money to carry out those policies.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 18, 2023
In their earlier years it is the imagination that appropriates the images and events of history.
From Literature in the Elementary School by MacClintock, Porter Lander
