allotted

past tense of allot

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of allotted Bayern were allotted the hardest draw of the league phase by Opta’s fixture difficulty metric and still have to take on PSG and Arsenal. Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 The amount varies each day because every country is different, but each team is allotted the same amount. Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025 Each side has been allotted one hour and 45 minutes for their closing arguments. Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2025 Per the rules of the competition, participants are allotted three attempts to skim their stone as far as possible. Owen Clarke, Outside, 17 Sep. 2025 Most federal comment periods last 60 to 90 days versus the 21 days allotted to comment on rescinding the Roadless Rule. Brianna Randall, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 Federal officials often drew rough or incorrect maps and even lost track of which parcels had been allotted and to whom, especially as original allottees passed away. Beth Rose Middleton Manning, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2025 Each Emmy winner is allotted 45 seconds to deliver their acceptance speech. Melonee Hurt, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Sep. 2025 But with age, the number of chances you’re allotted go down. Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for allotted
Verb
  • Industry estimates peg the cost of a 1-gigawatt data center at roughly $50 billion, with $35 billion of that typically allocated to chips — based on Nvidia’s current pricing.
    MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
  • So, roughly a quarter of California’s above-average spending is allocated to housing.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Former Des Plaines officer Mike Albrecht recalled to NBC Chicago that when police were assigned to surveil Gacy after Piest's disappearance, the part-time clown would try to pal around with officers and invite them into his house.
    Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The randomized clinical trial enrolled 114 patients with moderate-to-mild knee osteoarthritis who were each assigned a very low dose of radiation, a low dose or a placebo.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Fear has been institutionalized—budgeted, distributed, sold as peace.
    Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The show is produced by Dave Shumka and Megan Tan and will be distributed by iHeartPodcasts.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Allotted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allotted. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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