lotting

present participle of lot

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lotting
Verb
  • The Legislature has barely funded guardianship services, allotting just enough in its budget the past two years to maintain a statewide hotline.
    Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2025
  • In 1959, Prince Edward County, Virginia, closed its public schools for five years, diverting tax monies to build a K-12 private academy for 1,400 white students and allotting their families tuition grants.
    Essence, Essence, 22 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Just a week ago, markets were assigning only a modest chance for three cuts this year.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Now, some English classes are assigning just three books a year.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Washington alone can’t win a Senate race, but Democratic groups and leaders will be pivotal in allocating resources to Maine and flooding the airwaves against Collins.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • As a result, Apple is hedging its bet and allocating just 10% of its production for it, The Information reports.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • If National Public Radio had begun distributing Bibles and handguns, well, people would have wanted to talk and write about that, too.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • This is how Cintas Acuario was born in the late 1980s — a label that, without any formal facilities, gained a reputation thanks to its founder’s knack for promoting and marketing his artists’ music by distributing it to small shops in the area and in Tijuana, across the Mexican border.
    Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Lotting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lotting. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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