LOTTING Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

lotting

verb

present participle of lot

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

Definition of allotting

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Not just assigning routine work but actually delegating critical tasks.

— Volen Vulkov, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
The question of what constitutes an official announcement is resolved by the SEC declaring a company's S-1 effective, an IPO pricing or an exchange assigning a ticker to the stock.

— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026

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What if our representatives in Washington spent less time trading securities and more time allocating resources to fight against cancer and other diseases?

— Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2026
After allocating about 8% of GDP to NEOM, once contract cancellations are included, the government has admitted a costly defeat.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of allocating

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And now, there’s also a spread in how teams are distributing their games locally.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Netflix’s current approach to acquiring and distributing international programming has been so successful that Sarandos said the company has no plans to change its strategy.

— Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2026

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