lotting

Definition of lottingnext
present participle of lot
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Verb
  • Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilmember Ysabel Jurado called Thursday for allotting more than $360 million to developers and nonprofits building and preserving affordable housing projects.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Those agencies are flush with cash due to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which congressional Republicans passed last summer, allotting more than $150 billion to both agencies.
    Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Andy begins assigning tough features about meaningful topics outside of which accessories go best with your spring wardrobe, none of which hit with Runway readers.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2026
  • More faculty are requiring office hours, assigning presentations and cold-calling on students in class.
    Jocelyn Gecker, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Despite the cash flow from those deals, some investors are concerned that Oracle is allocating too much money to its infrastructure initiatives.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Gao Jiyang, founder and CEO of embodied AI firm Galaxea, said the challenge has shifted from simply collecting more data to allocating it across modalities in a structured way.
    Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The new version is made by the original producer, Ecosse Films, and Masterpiece PBS in association with Northern Ireland Screen and Banijay Rights, which is distributing the six-part series internationally.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2026
  • For a large, thick cast-iron skillet, electric burners are terrible for evenly distributing heat and keeping oil hot.
    Jack Hennessy, Outdoor Life, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Lotting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lotting. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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