reallocate

/ riːˈæləkeɪt /

verb

1. to assign or allot to a different purpose or person from the one originally intended

Other Word Forms

• reallocation noun

Example Sentences

What set top managers apart from their peers, more than any other factor, was their knack for reallocating people into just the right roles—or helping people make those moves themselves.

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The plan also calls for reallocating resources by optimizing labor and operating hours, partnering more closely with franchisees to boost profitability and leveraging insights from company-operated restaurants.

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As tax dollars are reallocated from public school districts and families abandon those schools to learn at home or in private settings, the new department officials see little need for oversight.

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"Luckily we were able to reallocate those people to other opportunities that came around within the site here in Port Talbot."

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"Federal judges have no license to reallocate political power between the two major political parties," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in his ruling at the time.

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