lots of

idiom

: a large number or amount of (things, people, etc.)
Lots of people feel that way.
There was lots of space.
We had lots of fun.
You can enjoy yourself without spending lots of money.

Examples of lots of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Real estate has been making lots of headlines lately, and the stories are leaving many consumers scratching their heads. Maria Williams, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024 Massive battle royale sequences filled with arachnid-like tanks, plummeting spaceships, lots of explosions, and people popping out of the ground with rocket launchers are cool. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2024 April's full moon has been given lots of other names—like fish moon and sprouting grass moon, for instance—depending on Mother Nature's activities in various regions of the country. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2024 Because the microbiome is always in flux, reestablishing balance after infection is key—throwing lots of antibiotics or antifungals at the problem can result in a never-ending game of biological whack-a-mole where one imbalance leads to another. Maggie Chen, WIRED, 19 Apr. 2024 And if hormones from a sibling were enough to confound an experiment, so might lots of other subtle factors, like the mouse strain used in an experiment, the kind of test used to measure BPA or the possibility that trace amounts of BPA had contaminated an experiment. Jon Hamilton, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024 Cleveland Cleveland will have lots of clouds early in the day. Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2024 That plaque is made up of lots of bacteria, including Fusobacteria, which feed on sugars in the mouth. Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 8 Apr. 2024 The final step was to fill the space between the stones and the earth with lots of smaller stones. Dan Falk, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2024

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“Lots of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lots%20of. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.

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