LOTTED Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

lotted

verb

past tense of lot

as in allotted

to give as a share or portion everyone is lotted opportunities in life, and it's their responsibility to take them

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The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, which covers an area just outside New Orleans and was allotted the highest amount — nearly $4 million through 2025 — did not respond to more than a dozen calls and emails.

— Aneri Pattani — KFF Health News, STAT, 27 Aug. 2026
For example, the original plan by the department’s consultant assumed that the park would have access to a sewer main and allotted about $76,000 for a routine sewer connection.

— Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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In his place, Schild initially requested that a federal public defender be assigned to Abrahamson’s case before Stokes was retained as his new attorney.

— Kevin Fixler September 16, Idaho Statesman, 16 Sep. 2026
Foligno and Bedard were assigned dressing room stalls next to each other.

— Scott Powers, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

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That’s in addition to the $600 million that the North Carolina Department of Transportation already allocated for the project and an additional $100 million planned for other transportation projects of the city’s choosing.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026
Capacity ends up being allocated in a roughly inverse proportion to health, and health has nothing to do with importance.

— Manas Chaudhari, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

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After four hurricanes struck Florida in 2004, Maines noticed the federal government had distributed millions of dollars in disaster assistance in Miami-Dade County, even though the county had barely been touched by the storms.

— Sally Kestin, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
Posters started showing up around town, distributed by graphic artist Milton Glaser‘s students at the School of Visual Arts.

— Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026

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