How to Use reallocate in a Sentence

reallocate

verb
  • The Twins could also look to shed or reallocate salary via trade in the coming weeks.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Until now, the council has been able to cut money from the budget but not reallocate it.
    — Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2022
  • Because it is included in the bill, if passed it cannot be reallocated to the project.
    — David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 4 Feb. 2026
  • While some of the sales tax changes were added to the budget, the section that reallocated some of the tax to tourism was not.
    — P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2026
  • Any unused funds from the plan year can be reallocated or used to enhance the program in the future.
    — Alex Shubat, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
  • In order to avert a teacher's strike, the powers that be had to reallocate funds from other areas.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Nov. 2025
  • At the time, Wyatt said the school had been able to reallocate funds to cover its expenses.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 June 2021
  • And the Cubs wanted to reallocate resources to their pitching staff.
    — Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Huge pools of digital marketing cash will need to be reallocated, but to where?
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Somehow the Twins must reallocate their resources to improve the edges of the roster.
    — Aaron Gleeman, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Once departments work out their schedules, Chavez said, her team will reallocate office space in the mall.
    — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
  • City officials would like to reallocate units across all six district types, Corley said.
    — Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2024
  • If so, speed is of the essence in reallocating resources and in adapting governance to move with agility.
    — Kevin Russell, Fortune, 6 May 2026
  • The Niners are going to make changes and reallocate some money to an aging defense.
    — Michael Salfino, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • But until now, the council was unable to reallocate any money that was cut, and instead had to rely on the mayor.
    — Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The city should ban private cars in the borough and reallocate much of that street space to parks, sidewalks, and dedicated bus and bike lanes.
    — Carl Swanson, Curbed, 19 July 2021
  • Louisville officials now have more than $5 million to reallocate.
    — Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 29 Sep. 2025
  • If a student does not get a job, the school can reallocate the federal money to a different student.
    — Amanda Craddock, The Conversation, 14 Nov. 2025
  • The summer break of a traditional school is shortened, with the days reallocated to give time off at other times.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Roan says the tickets that were canceled will be reallocated to real fans, but didn’t specify how many will be made available.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Colorado officials are reallocating money not used to clear snow over the winter due to the record-low snowpack.
    — Alan Gionet, CBS News, 21 June 2026
  • Like Cease, all of these players are owed salaries that could be reallocated in pursuit of a more balanced roster with more years of team control.
    — The Athletic Mlb Staff, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Rather than cling to outdated layouts, firms are reallocating space based on behavior.
    — Alaa Pasha, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Congress could also reallocate funds by shifting a larger share of payroll tax revenue to trust funds facing shortfalls.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 June 2026
  • Guthrie explained that the amendment, should it be passed by residents, would lead to disputes on the council regarding where to reallocate funds.
    — Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2024
  • The state will reallocate about $12 billion of surplus tax revenue and direct it toward local schools.
    — Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 14 July 2023
  • Sanofi reallocated $800 million worth of funds based on advice from its AI agent last year.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
  • That takes some pressure off the immediate need to reallocate the Colorado’s water, but experts warn not for long.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2023
  • The county has identified $20 million that could be reallocated to the Rays from such work.
    — Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026
  • Governments have agreed to reallocate the taxing rights to a quarter of the profits of each of those companies above 10%.
    — Richard Rubin, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2021

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