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as in property
a small piece of land that is developed or available for development
the softball team often plays in the vacant lot down at the end of the street
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2
as in ton
a considerable amount
you'll need to do a lot of studying for the test you sure bought a lot of clothing
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as in field
a small area of usually open land
there were still plenty of Christmas trees available for sale in the lot
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as in bunch
a number of things considered as a unit
the auctioneer next introduced a lot containing several pieces of fine china
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as in destiny
a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand
will it always be my lot to be picked last in gym class?
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as in crowd
a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially
you should stop hanging out with that lot, or you'll end up in trouble
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as in group
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
the school has a very strong science department, because there's not one bad teacher in the lot
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as in to allot
to give as a share or portion
everyone is lotted opportunities in life, and it's their responsibility to take them
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Recent Examples of lot
Mark Dee
june 19,
Idaho Statesman,
19 June 2026
There were lots of other questions — about whether SunRail should be expanded, what role the county should play in supporting arts and culture and if the candidates have any plans for improving this region’s sad-sack mental health options.
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Scott Maxwell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 June 2026
On Saturday, temperatures are expected to peak in the mid 80s, with lots of sunshine.
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Jt Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
But the decline—which Saxbe notes could be caused in part by obesity, nonsmoking, and other factors—might also simply reflect the fact that lots of dads are spending lots of time with their kids.
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Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
19 June 2026
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Leap raised the money and built a pair of homes on the Taft Street lot behind the church.
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Mark Dee
june 19,
Idaho Statesman,
19 June 2026
There were lots of other questions — about whether SunRail should be expanded, what role the county should play in supporting arts and culture and if the candidates have any plans for improving this region’s sad-sack mental health options.
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Scott Maxwell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 June 2026
On Saturday, temperatures are expected to peak in the mid 80s, with lots of sunshine.
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Jt Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
But the decline—which Saxbe notes could be caused in part by obesity, nonsmoking, and other factors—might also simply reflect the fact that lots of dads are spending lots of time with their kids.
—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
19 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lot
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Firefighters stopped forward progress on a roughly 35-acre grass fire sparked by weed abatement Thursday afternoon on private property just east of Sacramento near Camellia Memorial Lawn, authorities said.
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Among the properties preserved is the town's only pharmacy, which recently reopened.
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So far this year, 17 tons of illicit drugs, mostly cocaine, have been seized in the Pacific region – more than three times the total across the whole of last year, according to the Australian Federal Police.
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El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said 300 rescuers and paramedics, along with 50 tons of equipment, medicines and essential supplies, were ready to depart for Caracas.
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That might be a tall order on the field after Lionel Messi’s record-tying hat trick against Algeria led Argentina to victory on Tuesday.
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Pepi, Antonee Robinson and Malik Tillman formed a triangle on one side of the field, with Balogun, Weston McKennie and Sergiño Dest aligned on the other side.
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At the end of the first half of this double episode, Elizabeth Gaines (Linda Purl), advisor to the Vice President, is shot by sniper Tom Walker (Chris Chalk), Brody's fellow POW—and the VP and a bunch of other important people are put in a bunker along with Brody, who plans to blow them all up.
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Her must-have product out of the bunch is this plumping and firming serum.
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In August 1781, a couple of months before the end of the war, Sedgwick and his co-counsel, a law professor named Tapping Reeve, appeared in the Great Barrington Inferior Court of Common Pleas, a small wooden building where a jury would decide the destinies of Freeman and Brom.
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Afterward, shareholders captured nearly all the gains—a conscious reallocation, not market destiny.
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Her extroverted big sister, on the other hand, loves being out and about, exploring new places, unruffled by noise or crowds.
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Organizers are encouraging fans to arrive early and plan ahead, as large crowds are expected for the team's match.
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Video and images of about 150 strikes against Russian fuel tankers, trucks and other vehicles have been geolocated and analyzed by French open-source analyst Clément Molin and the volunteer-run OSINT group Geoconfirmed, as well as CNN’s OSINT team.
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This thing is seriously massive, featuring way too many goodies to list in the space allotted here.
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The government is required to allot 90 days between the dissolution of the Knesset and the election, so the latest possible day the parliament can be dissolved is July 29.
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“Lot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lot. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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