Example Sentences

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Nevertheless, this man, grown out of Flea Bottom’s gutters, appropriates the tradition by holding his vows as a representation of lived reality, rather than as a mere ritual or badge of social class.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

The recently enacted budget appropriates money for detention facilities, but it doesn’t require children to be detained.

From Slate • Jul. 11, 2025

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

Custom appropriates the term of civil war to every war between the members of one and the same political society.

From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by Warburton, A. F.