Thesaurus results for APPROPRIATION

appropriation

noun

ə-ˌprō-prē-ˈā-shən

Definition of appropriation

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 Second, anywhere recurring costs are added on top of one-time federal or state appropriations is a primary source of local and county governments’ finding a method of additional charges — sometimes unnecessarily. — Peggy Gossett-Seidman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026 Further scrambling the frequencies are works by appropriation artists who remade Lichtenstein’s works into their own, including Sturtevant, Richard Pettibone, and Lawler. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026 Earlier this year, Collins used her position atop the appropriations committee to block OMB’s broader grantmaking regulation from coming into force. — David Lim, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026 Unlike some other regions, the program doesn’t require extra money from the state or appropriations requests every few years. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for appropriation

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Noun

The European Commission is aware of this challenge and opened a foreign subsidies investigation into Goldwind’s activities in the EU wind sector in February.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Some relative had hanged themselves from the rafter years ago, something about the price of corn and subsidies and ruin, and Carrie said the barn was haunted.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of subsidy

Noun

Goldman Sachs then led a lender takeover, stripping the lot from the real estate giant that had held it out as the crown jewel of its Hollywood portfolio.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
In addition to security safeguards, Shield promises to reimburse up to $100,000 for regular users, and up to $500,000 for its highest class of VIP users, in the event of a third-party takeover.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of takeover

Noun

Chile, for example, imposes no obligation to spend the grant at home, while France typically wants half spent in France.

— Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
His persecution has continued up until now; last month, the administration accused the Smithsonian of discrimination and threatened to cut federal grants.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of grant

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Those concentrates can be up to 13 times stronger than morphine, and users risk addiction, liver damage, and seizures— or worse.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 5 Oct. 2026
Most government seizures are made through mail and express-courier services, rather than through shipping containers, and many of the shipments originate in China and Hong Kong.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of seizure

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The first allotment given to Jackson County, in 2024, was just under six hundred thousand dollars.

— Oliver Whang, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026
The pet carrier counts toward the passenger’s carry-on baggage allotment, and travelers flying with pets cannot sit in the emergency exit or bulkhead rows.

— Sarah Kuta, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of allotment

Noun

After outcry from neighbors like Zloth, the Crowsnest annexation was withdrawn, while Castle Pines City Council took a step back to create an annexation policy.

— Olivia Young, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
The United Nations and most of the international community consider the territory occupied Syrian land and do not recognize Israel’s annexation.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of annexation

Noun

Cathy’s ingratiation with, and eventual usurpation of, brothel owner Faye (Martha Plimpton) gets an entire episode.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
Wasserman Schultz’s decision to run in the historically Black 20th Congressional District was selfish and opportunistic carpetbagging, a devastating usurpation of power from Black Floridians.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of usurpation

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