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a whole lot

idiom

: very much
Things are looking a whole lot brighter now.

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That's a whole lot of kit in a small package. Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 28 Nov. 2025 The holidays are about to smell a whole lot sweeter. Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025 If that's his worst, some team is about to get a whole lot better. Patrick McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025 There's the trash compactor, Emperor Palpatine's throne room, a hangar with an Imperial Shuttle and a whole lot more. Kim Snaith, Space.com, 27 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for a whole lot

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“A whole lot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20whole%20lot. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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