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as in subsidy
a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action
the National Park Service received an increased appropriation for wildlife management
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as in takeover
the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority
the insurgents' appropriation of the house for their headquarters
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Recent Examples of appropriation
That’s not what ended up in the appropriations bill.
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
Congress did finish 11 of its 12 appropriations bills.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Now, Democrats are holding up a full-year appropriations bill until Republicans agree to immigration enforcement reforms.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
During Friday's Senate session, McConnell spoke on the floor for several minutes about the full-year defense appropriations bill.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
Congress did finish 11 of its 12 appropriations bills.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Now, Democrats are holding up a full-year appropriations bill until Republicans agree to immigration enforcement reforms.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
During Friday's Senate session, McConnell spoke on the floor for several minutes about the full-year defense appropriations bill.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for appropriation
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That shutdown ended with a promise to vote on extending the subsidies, which failed.—
Riley Beggin,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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As with the subsidies, public outcry pushed a number of Republicans and Democrats to pledge to do something — in this case, reining in enforcement tactics.—
Sam Gringlas,
NPR,
13 Feb. 2026
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Around the same time, Southwest’s management came under pressure following an activist takeover by Elliott Investment Management.—
Dallas Morning News,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Molinar’s update on student performance data comes less than a week after the district lost its final attempt at appealing a state takeover from the Texas Education Agency.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Feb. 2026
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These grants can cover cleanups and sustainable cultivation projects, or even related efforts such as fish conservation.—
Rachel Becker,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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An organization working to prevent HIV infections is among the Colorado recipients that will lose federal funding after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention abruptly canceled grants to four states led by Democratic governors.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
11 Feb. 2026
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The courts have granted exceptions to a seizure without a search warrant and each specific incident should be reviewed based on its facts.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Feb. 2026
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Those documents will reveal the grounds the federal government used to justify the FBI’s seizure of 2020 election records last month.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Much of the tribe’s revenues are used to pay for these services and infrastructure on the reservation, as well as the repurchasing of land on the reservation that was lost to non-tribal entities during the era of allotment from the late 1800s until about the mid-1900s.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Another option for the Heat could be converting the contracts of their two-way players to standard deals, with Myron Gardner, Jahmir Young and Vlad Goldin currently holding the team’s allotment of three two-way deals.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
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France opened its consulate the same day, a move that paired with Canada’s opening, and underscores European and Canadian aims to reassure Greenlanders worried about a possible annexation.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Feb. 2026
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DeForest officials deemed a project unfeasible due to a large land annexation requirement.—
Ricardo Torres,
jsonline.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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The Court’s usurpation runs deeper than the invalidation of statutes with a liberal cast, though there has been plenty of that.—
Duncan Hosie,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
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As Isaac told it, his kingdom’s history is rife with treachery, usurpation, and murder.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
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“Appropriation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appropriation. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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