as in allotting
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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Inevitably, team evil has cooler powers, like Sindel’s scream and Kung Lao’s hat of doom, but in addition to allotting an inordinate amount of its combat time to Shao Kahn, who’s just a hulking guy with a hammer, the movie’s big visual idea is characters blasting one another with beams.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
6 May 2026 -
The framework proposes allotting $20 million of it to the Rays.—
Nicolas Villamil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 May 2026
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The market doesn't think so, assigning him a 1% chance of getting rates down this year, according to CME FedWatch.—
Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
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Starting the following year, in 2022, records show that Fortune offered Agan a role supporting new teachers rather than assigning him his own classroom.—
Holly McDede,
ProPublica,
12 May 2026
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Republican senators generally support allocating federal dollars to improve the security infrastructure around the president, especially after an armed 31-year-old man attempted to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Washington Hilton.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
7 May 2026
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In the meantime, the company is allocating additional quantities to patients in the United States to meet demand.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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The investigation allegedly identified Rodney Canada as the leader of a drug trafficking organization that was distributing large quantities of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine in Stamford and other areas in the region, authorities said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2026
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This summer, Papa Johns will be bottling and distributing its Special Garlic Dipping Sauce to grocery and retail stores nationwide, the company announced in a May 13 news release shared with USA TODAY.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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“Lotting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lotting. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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