Sentence examples for appropriations in from inspiring English sources

They tended to take the appropriations in stride when it was confined to the records.

Dante's use of Virgil is one of the richest cultural appropriations in literature.

John Kerry has voted for the biggest intelligence appropriations in the country's history.

The Killer V's, they might call them in Detroit, were Detroit inclined toward hacky appropriations in its nicknames.

Legislators vote for appropriations in part because they expect to be able to steer some of those funds in directions that will yield political dividends down the road.

"Setting the cap for appropriations in advance, and putting that into law, does count for something," said Sarah Binder, a political science historian at George Washington University.

Cultural appropriation in this sense is an awesome thing.

Take screeching EDM synths and dancehall appropriation in one hand.

Neither idea is new, although in an era of wholesale appropriation in art this hardly matters.

But even cases of written appropriation in politics tend to cause little fuss.

Mr. Stevens said the president would probably ask for a supplemental appropriation in March.