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    The land we lived on was Cherokee land, allotted to my mother because of the Cherokee blood that flowed in her veins.  (source)
    allotted = given as her share
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    I wondered if Mama was getting the allotment checks.  (source)
    allotment = something given out as a share
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    Towards the end of the time allotted for our honeymoon we spent a week in Berlin.†  (source)
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    Louie allotted one water tin per man, with each man allowed two or three sips a day.†  (source)
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    "How true ...," agreed the concierge (as he sorted through an allotment of tickets).†  (source)
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    Allot said.†  (source)
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    Our headmistress allots me thirty conduct marks, and in penance, I am to do her bidding for a week.†  (source)
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    how wonderful the art, Which thou dost manifest in heaven, in earth, And in the evil world, how just a meed Allotting by thy virtue unto all!†  (source)
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    He dreamed of it in the way other soldiers dreamed of their hearths or allotments or old civilian jobs.†  (source)
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    At the opposite end of the kitchen Mercy, having generously alloted to Kit the primer readers, was laboring with the beginners.†  (source)
    unconventional spelling: This is typically spelled alotted.
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    While I could answer most of the questions on the practice exam, I was slow, needing double or triple the allotted time.†  (source)
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    Here was a lonely foreigner who had basically spent an entire year not talking to anyone but who had suddenly decided to spring a year's allotment of conversation on an unsuspecting genius.†  (source)
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    Though Congress would allot $14,000 to purchase furniture, Adams worried that on his salary of $25,000, it would be impossible to make ends meet.†  (source)
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