lotted

past tense of lot

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lotted
Verb
  • The Pirates, Meyer said, do not spend all the money they are allotted to sign draft picks.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The research and design process for the makeup was allotted 18 months prior to principal photography, so Dunckley had the opportunity to get the execution down to a science.
    — Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In previous election cycles, state officials in the states where monitors were assigned were notified at the same time as the counties.
    — Miles Parks, NPR, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Advertisement The docuseries marks the first time the Loofe clan is sharing their side of the story, along with Nebraska investigators and an FBI agent assigned to the case.
    — Samantha Bergeson, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Seventy-one percent of the water diverted from the lake’s basin is allocated to agriculture.
    — Silvia Console Battilana, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Keys to success Two key issues at the conference involve guaranteeing that Indigenous peoples and local communities have a say in decisions on their territory, including how conservation programs are designed and how resources are allocated.
    — David Ginsburg, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Investigators said at the time that more than 25 songs had been played or distributed online without permission from Eminem or the group that owns his music, Capitol Labels Group.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The numbers were distributed evenly across the incoming beam, and whether the photon passed the polarizer depended on its number and the polarizer’s angle.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
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“Lotted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lotted. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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