lottery
Example Sentences
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A Defra spokesperson said it will "end the postcode lottery of bin collection".
From BBC
Demand for visas has exceeded supply every year for the past two decades, which is why H-1Bs are allocated by lottery.
Zion National Park in Utah will still operate a lottery system for its Angels Landing hike.
A flagship government policy offering 30 hours of free childcare from the age of nine months leaves families facing a "birthday lottery", parents say.
From BBC
And the best sprinters in the world come from the Caribbean — so many, in fact, that trying to make a national team for the Summer Olympics can seem like trying to win the lottery.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
