lotted

past tense of lot

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Verb
  • Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Atlanta’s top pick, Virginia outfielder AJ Gracia, agreed to sign for $3,997,500, much less than the $6,675,300 allotted for the ninth overall pick.
    Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • The House Administration Committee was allotted $10 billion in the House’s budget resolution for election law reforms, as the committee has oversight authority of federal elections.
    Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 27 July 2026
Verb
  • Secret Service Director Sean Curran told reporters that the agency had more than 10,000 investigations into threats against people the agency has been assigned to protect.
    Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • After being assigned full-time to the Highway Interdiction Unit, Bosco and Deputy Samuelson became one of the most successful K9 teams in the region, regularly busting drug traffickers traveling along highways and interstates in LaPorte County.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The nearly $170 billion allocated to public schools across America was never intended to last forever.
    Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The state’s Project Homekey has allocated nearly a billion dollars toward supportive housing, creating 2,749 affordable homes for folks with behavioral health challenges at risk of homelessness — issues often tied up in a ball with addiction.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • The Panthers distributed 47,736 tickets, and the stadium looked about 60% full.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Workers will dispute which tasks should be automated and how resulting gains should be distributed.
    Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
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“Lotted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lotted. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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