Example Sentences

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The court has allotted 80 minutes for arguments, but in a case of such importance, the session easily could last two hours or more.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2024

During the Super Bowl, the code changes to “FREE ZERO” at the same number; the company has allotted 10 million sodas to the giveaway.

From Washington Times • Jan. 13, 2023

The city, which is in better fiscal shape these days, has allotted $75,000 for the design contract.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2022

Southeast Asia’s largest economy has allotted 134 trillion rupiah for energy subsidies this year.

From Reuters • Mar. 28, 2022

Shall I be less the creature of social scorn, because I have yielded my ambition—because I have forborne the employment of those glorious gifts which Heaven in its bounty has allotted me?

From Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by Simms, William Gilmore