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Example sentences for: appropriated

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According to the great Yiddish linguist Max Weinreich, Jews appropriated the word nebbich from their Slavic neighbors in the 11 th century.
§ 2214, requires the Commission to recover from its applicants and licensees, for each fiscal year through 1998, an amount that approximates 100 percent of the Commission's budget authority less any amount appropriated to the Commission from the Nuclear Waste Fund.
He appropriated for the State much of the personal fortunes of the princes, but found it harder to curtail the power of land-owners who had extensive contacts with the more conservative elements in his Congress Party.
Rates, generally, did not cover the costs of providing service, so Congress appropriated tax dollars to make up the difference.
In Cave No. 16 are three holes pierced through the outer wall, showing the original positions of three Buddhas appropriated by foreign collectors; tour guides here say they are now in New York’s Metropolitan Museum.